How Thomas Jefferson Made Mac & Cheese Popular

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Thomas Jefferson may be best known for some of his more refined tastes, but this Virginian was also behind the mainstreaming in America of one of its staple dishes.

Published Oct. 3 2015 12:02AM EDT

articles/2015/10/03/how-thomas-jefferson-made-mac-cheese-popular/151002-Dobeneck-mac-cheese-tease_piezvn — Drew Angerer for The Daily Beast

If I could just find a man like Thomas Jefferson: a real Renaissance man, with sophisticated taste, a quick wit, and the ability to throw the best dinner parties… swoon.

TJ believed, as I do, that the best discussions are had around the dinner table.

Ailsa von Dobeneck

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How Thomas Jefferson Made Mac & Cheese Popular

Thomas Jefferson may be best known for some of his more refined tastes, but this Virginian was also behind the mainstreaming in America of one of its staple dishes.

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Ailsa von Dobeneck