Cheese

This creamy lemon pasta recipe is luscious and amply cheesy, but still bright and fresh. Best part: You can make it for dinner in just 15 minutes.

Whack raw asparagus with a rolling pin, then douse it in a lemony vinaigrette.

Chopped kimchi and soy sauce transform mellow tuna salad into your new favorite riff on the classic diner sandwich.

This lasagna soup delivers rich, baked-pasta flavor without an oven. Made with Italian sausage and spinach, it’s a fast, weeknight-friendly take on the classic.

Not stuffed shells. But not not stuffed shells either.

You’ll enjoy this dish here, there, and everywhere.

A halfway-homemade pastry to wow anyone.

Crispy, Parmesan-crusted cutlets make this spring dish sing.

All pizza toppings welcome, especially pickled peppers, olives, maybe an anchovy or 10.

Literally “cheese and pepper,” this Roman classic comes together in minutes.

A veg-forward main or gets-along-with-everyone side.

A glug of lemon-lime soda gives this pound cake a citrusy zip and tender crumb.

These cheesy biscuits are a dream savory breakfast. Or pile them in a basket to round out any dinner.

A take on Utica greens, a classic Italian American dish from central New York, made with bunches of broccoli rabe, Pecorino, and pickled chiles.

Skip the crushed red pepper flakes and reach for gochujang, which adds funk and spice in the marinara sauce for this reimagined twist on chicken Parm.

Spiced, tender meatballs get cooked atop a bed of rice pilaf speckled with pistachios and plump golden raisins in this quick, one-pot dinner.

Bathe greens and chickpeas in a garlicky, tomato-enhanced broth. Stretch a block of Halloumi by grating and toasting it into a topping for the soup.

Creamy panna cotta imbued with mascarpone, espresso, cocoa, and booze is everything you love about classic Italian tiramisu in a lusciously wobbly package.

A brief simmer in chicken stock makes fennel meltingly tender, mellowing out its sharp licorice notes. A fennel dish to convert the fennel haters.

A game-day hero featuring focaccia slathered with Calabrian chili aioli, piled high with cooked steak, melted cheese, peppers, and onions.

This sheetcake version of Italian cassata houses a booze-soaked spongecake and sweet ricotta under a blanket of green marzipan dotted with candied fruit.

A comforting dinner the whole family will love.

Oozy cheese, crisp bread, creamy tuna. This is the tuna melt we make on repeat.

Crunchy chicken, gooey center—this old-school dinner delivers big comfort fast.