Who Invented Mac and Cheese?

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The warm, gooey dish, a childhood staple across North America, is many things to many people: a mainstay of African-American Sunday dinners, according to soul food expert Adrian Miller; a comforting yet celebratory meal that can be jazzed up in dozens of ways, according to chef and former mac and cheese restaurant owner Allison Arevalo; and Canada’s de facto national dish, according to journalist Sasha Chapman. So what do the Swiss Alps have to do with macaroni and cheese? Listen to this special sponsored episode for the story of where mac and cheese really came from and how it ended up in a little blue box. Plus, some tips for making the very best macaroni and cheese from scratch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First, sweet tarts dare to combine sweet and tart, but they didn't stop there.
0:06.0	Now they've combined soft and bouncy to bring you new sweet tarts, gummy fruity splits.
0:12.0	A uniquely delicious dual-sided gummy with one side that's sweet, and the other side that's tart.
0:19.0	But entirely smooth and squishy.
0:22.0	A powerfully perfect combo.
0:24.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
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1:09.0	There's four cheese, cheddar, monster, grier, and a touch of pecorino.
1:13.0	I'm liking the look of La Mancha, which is a taste of Spain right out of your fingertips.
1:19.0	Flavorful man chaego cheese, accented by fresh fennel, and onions delicious.
1:25.0	Cajun has and-do-a-sauce-age, green pepper, onion, celery, garlic, and of course some chin-you-en-cajun seasoning.
1:32.0	There's quite a variety here.
1:34.0	Yeah, what do you want?
1:35.0	I don't know.
1:36.0	Oh, you can get a sampler. Done.
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