It's no secret that we here at AHT love our American cheese. Nothing else has the same melty, gooey texture and milky, salty flavor that accentuates, but doesn't compete with a burger. Of course we realize that it's a stretch to even call the stuff "cheese," but if New York Mag's Approval Matrix has told us anything, it's that we're anything but high brow, and that's perfectly fine by me. But the question is, which American cheese is the gooey, melty, milky, salty, cheez-y best? More

"At this point, I'm probably just risking a lifetime ban from the Spotted Pig." Q) What do you call the Spotted Pig burger without cheese?A) A good start. [Photograph: name redacted] "I guess we didn't need to bring that blowtorch... More