Cooking At Home: Mac & Cheese!

Macaroni and cheese (from scratch, not a blue box) was the very first dish I learned to make from memory, when I was about nine years old. Learning to prepare such a simple dish taught me so many useful culinary techniques: how to make a roux, a béchamel sauce, a cheese sauce, how to cook pasta properly, and basics like how to boil, scald, melt, sauté and whisk (and whisk and whisk and whisk!).

Over many years, I've made this recipe for Classic Macaroni and Cheese using every kind of cheese you can think of, including Monterey Jack, goat, blue, Gruyère and lots of combinations thereof. My favorite cheese, however, will always replicate the macaroni of my childhood: American. It's smooth, creamy and, like the macaroni in the infamous blue box, it's orange – something crucial to the inner nine-year-old in all of us.

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Warmly,
Rachael

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