Cheese

Our favorite carrot cake recipe gets a crunch from toasted walnuts and a boozy punch from rum-plumped raisins, which are optional but recommended.

A fettuccine Alfredo recipe should never include cream; the silky sauce comes from an emulsion of grated Parmesan, melted butter, and starchy pasta water.

You could be totally hammered halfway through the Super Bowl and still make this queso. It’s that easy.

This meaty, cheesy one-skillet dinner boasts big beer hall energy.

Is there a better way to eat steak than under a melty layer of pepper Jack with lemony broccoli rabe? We think not!

When you bake this Middle Eastern dessert in a muffin tin rather than a party-size round, everyone gets as much of the crispy-crunchy, ghee-soaked pastry as possible.

Our better-than-ever broccoli cheddar is lighter, brighter, and less gloppy than the kind you’d find in your corporate cafeteria—with a creaminess that comes from blended potatoes and broccoli stalks rather than heavy cream.

Spaghetti squash sheds its reputation for being bland and watery in this baked-ziti-inspired dish, in which it’s smothered in flavorful tomato sauce and blanketed under a layer of melty cheese.

We want to drizzle everything with hot honey, and this radicchio, quinoa, and cotija salad is no exception.

These crunchy, cheesy fried rice balls are the perfect snack for any time of day, and they come together in less than half an hour.

With salty cheese, toasted seaweed, sweet pears, and bitter radishes, this salad checks all the flavor boxes.

In the mood for a big bowl of leafy comfort? This sheet pan-dinner-turned-salad is a quick fix for any big salad cravings.

This weeknight skillet dinner is our version of pizza beans...plus a dose of greens.

Toasty griddled Korean rice cakes, melty cheese, and a spicy, nutty brown butter–gochujang sauce come together in this truly decadent snack.

Rib eye makes these antipasto skewers extra special, but there’s lots of room to play around with proteins, cheeses, and briny bits.

These savory hand pies are flaky, melty, and, thanks to a package of frozen puff pastry and sliced deli ham and cheese, really simple to assemble.

The secret to lasagna de carne that packs a wallop of flavor? An herby sofrito that cooks with the beef until toasty and caramelized.

As good with a cocktail as they are with tea or coffee, these mostly savory scones are perfect for a hair-of-the-dog brunch when the party continues into the next day.

The love child of French onion soup and French onion dip. Need we say more?

No more fighting for those corner slices of lasagna—each serving of this skillet lasagna delivers that coveted mix of crispy and cheesy.