Raclette's name comes from racler, the French word meaning to scrape. That's because a cut wheel of easy-to-melt raclette traditionally is exposed to heat and the melted cheese then scraped from the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: margouillat photo/Shutterstock I haven’t met a winter food tradition I didn’t like—gingerbread cookies, plum pudding, roasting chestnuts on ...