Poached Pear and Blue Cheese Salad

Pears poached in a spiced red-wine vinaigrette lift this classic salad from standard to stellar. (By Amy Wisniewski)

Buffalo Chicken Tenders with Blue Cheese Coleslaw

An instant sensation around the CHOW office. (By Adapted from Scott Youkilis)

Classic Cobb Salad

The original composed salad that originated at the Brown Derby in Los Angeles in the Hollywood heyday of the 1930s. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Blue Cheese Coleslaw

With celery, carrots, and cabbage. (By Adapted from Scott Youkilis)

Gratin of Potatoes in the Style of the Auvergne (By Paula Wolfert)

Sweet onions and a creamy cheese sauce. (By Rick Browne)

Buffalo Wings (By Arthur L. Meyer)

Blue Cheese Mini Hamburgers and Mini Corndogs (By Arthur L. Meyer)

Garlic Crabs (By mjbarb )

Red Onion Tart with Blue Cheese (By bigfellow )

Savory Beginnings ... Baby New Potatoes Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Bacon (By kchurchill5 )

Sausage-Stuffed Baked Pears with Blue Cheese or Goat Cheese (By Sally Potatoes )

Pear and Apple Salad with Grilled Chicken and a Gorgonzola Vinaigrette (By syberyenta )

McClure’s Mustard Blue Cheese Lamb and Beef Burgers (By icelandadam )

Wild Rice and Blue Cheese Stuffed Port Poached Pears (By CaliforniaGrown )