American cheese has a funny reputation. People love to mock it for being processed, plasticky, or not quite respectable enough to sit at the grown-up cheese table. Then those same people make a burger ...

The right cheese can transform a dish, whether you're making a gooey grilled cheese sandwich, juicy cheeseburger, or melty casserole. But if you're debating team American vs. team Cheddar, you might ...