Your Summer Needs More Corn and Cheese. Here Are 3 Ways to Make That Happen.

There’s no shortage of famous culinary combos — mac and cheese, PB&J, chips and dip — but there’s always room at the table for one more, right? Because it’s the height of summer, it seems like the right time to remind you about the power of corn + cheese.

It’s important to note that we are far from the first to notice this awesome salty-sweet power couple. Icons like elote and Korean corn cheese paved the way long ago. But what if, this summer, we explored this pairing a little more to see where we ended up on this culinary journey?

In a surprise to no one, we landed somewhere incredibly delicious, as these three recipes prove. They’re all very different — garlic bread, croquettes, and a salad — but they all highlight the magic that happens when the salty, rich creaminess of cheese meets the sweet freshness of corn. Now that fresh corn has arrived at the farmers market, it’s time to make these recipes (but be sure to save the recipes for later, too, when you can use frozen corn to help remind you that summer will come again).