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Article: Mac and cheese with a twist
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2008
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TABLE TENNIS
Once a staple of diner and children's menus, macaroni and cheese
has grown up. Fine dining establishments have added luxe
ingredients, from porcini and fontina Val D'Aosta to pancetta and
black truffles, to turn out decidedly adult editions of this comfort
food classic. We sampled versions with truffle oil and lobster, both
delicious but culinary overkill. Macaroni and cheese is rich enough
without these embellishments. Two alternative takes employed
ingredients that are less rarified but better balanced.
You'd expect a restaurant with the words "comfort food" in its
name to have mastered mac and cheese, and Zon's serves up a textbook
version with farfalle, farmhouse cheddar, ...