But there's a whole world of cheeses — Gouda, brie, Asiago, provolone, Munster, blue, Gruyère . . . the list goes on — with different flavors and different uses in cooking.

We keep the filling simple, with roughly mashed potatoes and shredded cheese, but we amp it with two flavor-packed pantry ingredients -- canned chipotle chilies and the smoky sauce they are packed in.

Creamy white cheese spilled forth onto the pulled pork. The aguïta, finally tamed, is delicious. If there’s a friedness scale, the arepa is somewhere around a 6, and the cheese itself is a ...