Cheesy Beefy Melt and Simple Harvest Hot Cereal

This week’s mission: a new comforting burrito and wholesome, flavored oatmeal for adults. (By James Norton)

A Plunge into Cheesy Lava Sauce

This week’s mission: a health-conscious Dunkin' Donuts offering, and a hot new Taco Bell item. (By James Norton)

Chicken in a Burger Suit

This week’s mission: preseasoned, grillable chicken patties and fancified crackers. (By James Norton)

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types. (By James Norton)

Destination: Denver on the Cheap

Kingpin food on a volunteer budget at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. (By Ruth Tobias)

Modern Florence

Beyond David and the duomo. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Big Mike’s Philly cheesesteaks. (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

Cheesesteak on a Tiny Waffle

The Brooklyn Cheese Experiment. (By Lessley Anderson)

Comfort straight from your oven. (By Caitlin McGrath)

Three perfect—or nearly perfect—versions. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

niki rothman has achieved her own platonic ideal of an omelette at home, and she wants to share it with you. It’s golden yellow, with not a touch of brown, with 1/4-inch thick layers of egg folded around a stunning... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Don’t throw away these valuable end bits. (By Caitlin McGrath)

Put some fire under your pies. (By Caitlin McGrath)

There are two views on creamed spinach: some make it with a flour-thickened cream sauce, and some insist straight cream is the only way to go. (By Caitlin McGrath)

Rough-and-ready Taiwanese beef soup. (By C. Thi Nguyen)