Kristen Hess - The Artful Gourmet

Kristen Hess - The Artful Gourmet

There’s No Place Like Home + An Amazing Macaroni & Cheese Recipe 🏡 🧀 🍝

An amazing comfort food I recreated from my childhood made with creamy Italian Mascarpone, some fresh grated Parmesan Reggiano, some shredded Gruyere and Fontina cheese.

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Kristen Hess | Artful Gourmet
Mar 29, 2026
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This is an amazing comfort food recipe that I recreated from my childhood a long time ago when I first started blogging back in 2010.

I entered this essay and my recipe for my Amazing Macaroni and Cheese into a recipe contest for Challenge Butter, and I won a Grand Prize of $2500, along with $500 worth of cooking equipment and tools from Good Cook!

It w…

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