Fifty New Ways To Make Your Melt

By Lisa McLaughlin

The grilled cheese sandwich is the sort of dish that doesn't seem to need a recipe, let alone an entire cookbook devoted to it. But in Great Grilled Cheese, Laura Werlin offers up 50 lush versions of the oozing classic. Along with her opinion of "the best grilled cheese" (cheddar on sourdough), she explores a Dutch-inspired gouda with red onions on rye, right, four Italian cheeses on ciabatta, and a caprese with mozzarella offering a sweet contrast to tangy sun-dried tomatoes and lemon zest. There are even desserts like goat cheese and honey on cinnamon-raisin bread. --By Lisa McLaughlin