Chèvre [shev rah] or [shev]

Goat cheese. As in any cheese made from goats milk (“Chevre” means “goat” in French). Many guides indicate “shev rah” is the correct pronunciation, although here in Maine it’s quite common to hear local chefs and goat cheese makers pronounce it as simply “shev.”

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Eat it:

• Petit Jaqueline has a salade d’automne on the menu featuring local apples, bib lettuce, spiced pecans, chevre, and apple-butter vinaigrette


• The grilled skirt steak salad at Blue Spoon is prepared with roast butternut squash, spinach, kale, fresh, chevre, and tarragon mustard vinaigrette


• Emilitsa’s sparaghia meh popia includes asparagus, duck breast, toasted walnuts, and local aged chevre tossed with mint-tarragon dressing