
Ina Garten’s Grilled Cheese Croutons1/19
Step one: Make a childhood favorite. Step two: Cut it into squares. Step three: Dunk, drop, or plop into tomato soup. Step four: Sigh with content.

Bite-Size Bacon and Cheese Scones2/19
Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good biscuits we've had in recent memory. Maybe ever.

Best Burger3/19
Brisket, short ribs, and chuck. When melded in just the right proportions, as here, they turn out the most luxe made-from-scratch burger we've ever experienced.

Chili Cheese Fries4/19
Honest grub with demolish-the-entire-panful-while-standing-at-the-counter allure. Grab some napkins.

Old-Fashioned Potato Gratin5/19
This old-fashioned gratin comforts you with everything indulgent could possibly crave in a gratin, namely ample amounts of potatoes, cream, butter, and cheese. Red wine optional.

Smoked Cheddar Cheese6/19
Remember those wee rounds of shrink-wrapped smoked Cheddar from holidays past? This rendition is unspeakably better.

Baked Ricotta7/19
Entertaining gets no simpler than this rich, creamy, indulgent, elegant cheese spread made from three ingredients. Tasting is believing. Go on.

Mac and Cheese Canapés8/19
Fancy schmancy mac and cheese canapés? Why not? Plop these lovelies on a silver platter alongside flutes of Champagne or tuck them into a lunch box.

Red Chili and Cheddar Crackers9/19
These can't-stop-eating-them crackers boast actual aged Cheddar cheesiness. Stain-your-fingers faux Cheez-It-ness just can't compete.

Traditional Molletes10/19
An insanely satiating comfort food fix that's as quick and easy as it is inexpensive. Refried beans and cheese atop toast with pico de gallo. Wish we'd known about this a loooong time ago.

Apple and White Cheddar Scones11/19
These sweetly savory scones take the traditional sweet and savory intermingling of apple pie and Cheddar and make it portable and pastry perfect.

Pigs in a Blanket12/19
Without further ado or feigned guilt, allow us to reacquaint you with a long-lost childhood friend.

Goat Cheese with Olives, Lemon, and Thyme13/19
Words sort of elude us when we attempt to describe just how stunning and scrumptious we consider this dish. Just...wow.

Stilton and Walnut Crackers14/19
Perhaps the simplest and most sophisticated dinner party precursor ever. Just make the savory shortbread dough, freeze, slice, and bake. You're welcome.

Bibb Wedges with Blue Cheese Dressing15/19
Remember those insipid wedges of iceberg buried beneath blobs of bottled blue cheese dressing? This salad will erase all such memories.

Burrata Cheese with Asparagus16/19
A ridiculously rich, unthinkably creamy kin to mozzarella, burrata brings understated bling to every little thing. Prepare to swoon.

Blue Cheese Tartine17/19
A blur of sweet, smoky, creamy goodness, this tartine of sourdough, a schmear of blue cheese, and a dribble of honey makes basic bruschetta seem humdrum.

Hog Island Grilled Cheese18/19
This much-ballyhooed 'wich from Hog Island Oyster Bar in San Francisco is stuffed with fromage blanc, Gruyère, Cheddar, and Havarti.

New York–Style Cheesecake19/19
How do you define a true New York-style cheesecake? A sweetly crunchy graham cracker crust cushioning a rich, creamy, moan-inducing filling with a slightly lemony lilt. In other words, this recipe.