Texas Queso Dip

Use it to top nachos or just as a dip for tortilla chips. This recipe combines two cheeses, onions, and green chiles for a Tex-Mex winner.

Why Can Lactose-Intolerant People Eat Some Cheeses and Not Others?

It has to do with how long the cheese is aged.

Super Bowl for a Crowd

Tex-Mex-style game-day grub.

Cheez-Its Still Doin' It for Me

This week’s mission: candy-bar themed cookies, and new cheese flavors of Cheez-Its.

You Want Fries on That?

Hold the ketchup and try one of these twists on the old familiar french fry.

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

Warm Cheese Dip with Chiles

Roll up your leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

We used to make it with Velveeta and one of the bottled thick salsas, in the microwave. The kids loved it. My mother used to make a version as a dip for parties: brown ground beef, add cheese and some chopped Ortega chiles, and...

Does anyone have any good recipes out there for a queso dip? I can’t eat anything too spicy. Do I have to use Velveeta to get a smooth texture?

Learn the local lingo.

Queso as in the melted cheese that you’d dip into with chips. I read on an Outer Boroughs board that Lobo in Cobble Hill has queso but it’s basically melted Velveta. Doesn’t sound promising....

OK, I’d never made queso before other than the velveeta kind a long time ago, so I tried it last night. I cooked down some onions and poblano peppers, diced some tomatoes, cooked all that down, then added asadero and...

Hearty Party Cheese Dip