They're both traditional Alpine dishes starring rich melted cheese -- but raclette and fondue are not the same. Though they ...

But when making it at home, raclette is a communal affair, with diners cooking or warming their own ingredients, melting their own individual slices of cheese, and then scraping the latter over ...

all you need to do is melt the cheese itself. And just like the right fondue pot will have your guests enjoying fondue for hours, the right raclette grill will make or break your experience.

"I love the aspect of each individual having their own little tiny raclette tray, a little racler (a squeegee) to scrape your cheese, how you melt the cheese on the raclette grill ... I find that ...

No matter what you pick, you'll want it to be easily sliced so it can fit on a raclette grill; cubed or grated cheese may not melt. Read more: Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Sweet Potatoes ...

Imagine schussing down powder-cloaked slopes all day, then heading inside late afternoon for nips of mulled wine and a meal of potatoes, pickles, and meats, all draped with melted raclette—a creamy ...