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What it is: Thanks to crafty Italian cooks who refused to waste food, ricotta cheese was invented. It is the whey, or the watery, protein-rich byproduct of cheese making, heated again (the Italian word ``ricotta" means recooked) into a gently flavored, fine-grained, soft cheese. Today most American-made ricottas stray from the original recipe by using milk or a combination of ... (Full article: 292 words)
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