The grilled cheese sandwich. Pretty simple. Pretty straightforward. Take a couple of slices of buttered bread and a slice or two of your favorite cheese and heat it up on a griddle. What could be easier? Served with tomato soup it's about as comfortable as comfort food can get.

But there can be so much more to this basic sandwich. To be honest, I've never been much of fan of basic grilled cheese. My mom always made them with a slice or two of ham in addition to the cheese and that's the way I still make them. I thought the whole world made them like that.

Until a friend mentioned on Faceboo...