Sometimes, a serious comfort food craving hits, and you want something warm, savory, and utterly satisfying without making a whole pan. Enter the Bacon Stuffed Meatloaf American Cheese Mug! This ...

Heat saute pan over medium heat. Melt the butter and add the onions. Salt lightly to begin the caramelization process. Sweat onions for 5 minutes then add a smoked salt (I use Chef's Salt Bacon BBQ).

In 2024, New School began selling cheese blocks, slices, and shreds at retail, putting artisanal American cheese on shelves around the country. “Everybody wants an emotional reaction to the food ...

While some experts tout American as the perfect cheese for a hamburger (owing to its ideal melting properties), others say it’s the worst possible cheese you could put on a hamburger.

But for every American cheese lover, there’s a skeptic that raises a common complaint: it’s not “real cheese.” Sure, a shrink-wrapped square isn’t exactly what you’d expect to grace a ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers American cheese to be “pasteurized process cheese.” All cheese—real or not—undergoes some degree of processing to achieve the final product.

Jaya Saxena is a correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. American cheese is ...