often capitalized
: a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine
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Get the recipe > Our contributing editor Fatima Khawaja recreates a childhood-favorite salad in this recipe that calls for feta and chaat masala.
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Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
This easy pasta salad comes together in under 30 minutes and is packed full of vegetables, feta cheese, and olives.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Start with goat milk feta wrapped in flaky phyllo dough, fried in olive oil and drizzled with hot honey and toasted sesame seeds.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, place the feta and cream cheese.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
This easy pasta salad comes together in under 30 minutes and is packed full of vegetables, feta cheese, and olives.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Start with goat milk feta wrapped in flaky phyllo dough, fried in olive oil and drizzled with hot honey and toasted sesame seeds.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, place the feta and cream cheese.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Feta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feta. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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feta
noun
fe·ta
ˈfet-ə 
ˈfe-ˌtä
: a white Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in salt water
Etymology
from modern Greek pheta "slice (of cheese)"
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