Cheese

This warm, comforting vegetarian stew of chickpeas and spices hails from Afghanistan and is topped with a creamy cumin-flecked goat cheese sauce.

The only thing better than a pumpkin cookie? Two pumpkin cookies—plus a generous swoosh of cream cheese icing.

Broken rice is an ingredient in many popular dishes around the world. You can make your own rice grits, or broken rice, in a blender or food processor.

You can make this tart, which is accented with fennel and Pernod, with cow’s milk ricotta or small-batch sheep’s milk ricotta, which tastes even better.

If you want to add a little heat to this simple smoked feta tip, start by throwing in some chopped hot peppers or even your favorite hot sauce.

This hearty homemade potato soup owes its richness to plenty of melted cheddar cheese and a topping of crispy bacon.

Made with cut zucchini that is salted and marinated, this recipe is proof that a satisfying pasta can be made with minimal cooking.

Pine nuts with raisins is a classic Roman Jewish combination for frittata. This version builds on that formula with the addition of lemon and creamy mascarpone.

Garlic bread meets Korean corn cheese—a simple dish that consists of sweet canned corn kernels, lots of mayonnaise, and mozzarella cheese.

This version of the classic Southern coconut cake keeps things simple with a fuss-free white cake enrobed in frosting with a layer of shredded coconut.

Serve these poached pears as a replacement for a traditional cheese course or as the first course of a meal.

Goat cheese can easily swing sweet with the right fruit, so serve this alongside scones or poached pears.

While you can find them all over Texas, for some reason kolaches just taste better in a small hamlet called West settled by Czech immigrants.

Far less dense (and far more flavorful) than a traditional pound cake, the Philly fluff cake is known for its ethereally light, fluffy texture.

Saucy greens slurp up well when mixed into grainy grits in this individually portioned breakfast soufflé.

This red velvet cake recipe uses beets to give the cake its supernaturally silken texture and a deep crimson hue.

A savory loaf cake with broccoli florets running through the batter that look like little trees when sliced.

Raspberry swirl cheesecake is better with homemade raspberry purée and an easy brown butter crust.