Called the paté of the South, this creamy, rich concoction can be served simply or all dolled up. It tempts the palate and stirs up memories. It’s pimento cheese. Pimento cheese can be made with three ...

Keeping the different textures of the ingredients intact while letting their flavors meld together is key to good pimento cheese. Jarred, pre-chopped pimentos tend to be tasteless and too mushy, so be ...

In the South, pimento cheese is a little bit like barbecue: everyone swears theirs is the best. But pimento cheese didn’t originate in the South; it has roots in the industrial food revolution in New ...

Keeping the different textures of the ingredients intact while letting their flavors meld together is key to good pimento cheese. Jarred, chopped pimentos tend to be tasteless and too mushy, so be ...

Around Columbia, it seems like everyone has his or her own way of making pimento cheese. Some go the traditional cheese-pimento-mayo route, and others dress it up with additional spices or bacon.