Sweet Corn Humitas

Like a tamale, filled with cheese and fresh sweet corn.

Asian Pear and Gouda Grilled Cheese

Melty, sweet, and a little sour from the toasty rye bread.

Cream Cheese and Chive Scramble with Prosciutto

Creamy eggs tucked into a prosciutto package.

Fig Mustard

This refined spread’s sweet-pungent mix elevates your sandwich from everyday to elegant.

Boozy Campfire Cheese

Doused with liquor, wrapped in foil, and baked in campfire ashes.

Chestnut Gnocchi with Robiola Cheese Sauce

Gnocchi are taken to the next level with chestnut flour.

Poached Pear and Blue Cheese Salad

Pears poached in a spiced red-wine vinaigrette lift this classic salad from standard to stellar.

Meal Kits: From Good to Worse

This week’s mission: Just add chicken to two different premade dinners.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn

Microwave Bean-and-Cheese Burrito Taste Test

Food or foe?

Goat Cheese Toasts with Asparagus-Mushroom Ragu

Creamy asparagus-and-mushroom ragu tops crunchy toasts slathered with goat cheese.

Chicken with Goat Cheese and Figs

Served with a port reduction sauce.

Pasta Salad with Spinach, Olives, and Mozzarella

Simple, healthy, and perfect for lunch or a light dinner.

Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese Crostini

Frenchified legumes for a healthy lunch.

Poached Fig, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Tart

A versatile tart appropriate as an hors d’oeuvre or a dessert.