You can't go wrong with a classic grilled cheese, but you can make it better with interesting additions, toppings, and selections. Dried fruits with Brie? Sounds pretty good. Cured meat with pickles? Don't mind if I do!

The simplest grilled cheese upgrade I know is to squirt a good amount of yellow mustard onto the plate and dip as you go along. The next step up from that is to actually—wait for it—put another ingredient in between the slices. It's not that hard.

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Photo by J. Kenji Lopez