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Jan 1, 1300
First Recorded Pasta Cheese Casserole Recipe
A 14th century medieval cookbook has the frst recorded reference to a pasta and cheese recipe. Life is amazing. The Middle Ages had mac and cheese. Who knew? -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Mac and Cheese through the Ages
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First Modern Macaroni and Cheese Recipe Published
Elizabeth Raffald's book called for a Mornay sauce (Bechamel sauce with cheddar cheese), mixed with mac and cheese, sprinkled with Parmesan, and baked until bubbly. -
Mac and Cheese Goes to Washington
Thomas Jefferson, after enjoying macaroni in his travels in France and Italy, served "macaroni pie" at a state dinner. He made the right call about a lot of things, that TJ. Mac and cheese, second only to separation of church and state. -
Kraft Gets Krafty
1937 saw the advent of a new, Kraft-dominated era of mac and cheese. Salesmen sold processed grated cheese rubber banded to boxes of pasta, and the course of human history was altered forever. -
A Star Is Born
On this date, a mac and cheese lover for the ages was born. One Laura Byko rocketed into this world on a metaphorical plume of cheese dust, and she's been eating dangerously unhealthily ever since. -
Mac Gets Easier
Kraft introduced Easy Mac in 1998, revolutionizing the college dining experience for everyone who followed. -
Another Star is Born But This One's A Truck
Mac and Gold entered Pittsburgh's food truck scene like a cheesey meteor, and it didn't even kill any dinosaurs on its way in. I'll make it there someday.
