{"id":394,"date":"2016-07-26T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2016-07-26T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T22:05:14","slug":"local-comfort-food-for-a-good-cause-g-t-at-the-mac-cheese-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/26\/local-comfort-food-for-a-good-cause-g-t-at-the-mac-cheese-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Comfort Food for a Good Cause: G &#038; T at the Mac &#038; Cheese Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMCCF0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-396\" src=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMCCF0-300x291.png\" alt=\"NMCCF0\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMCCF0-300x291.png 300w, http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMCCF0.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time once again to battle it out in Albuquerque to find who is making the best mac and cheese around. Above and beyond bragging r<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ights for the best cheesy pasta goodness in town, proceeds benefit the <a href=\"link: http:\/\/www.nmcancercenter.org\">New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation<\/a>, an organization assisting cancer patients with non-medical needs such as rent, groceries, and transportation to and from appointments. The first annual event in 2015 drew 2,500 Albuquerqueans to Balloon Fiesta Park, where they tasted mac and cheese samples from dozens of local and national restaurants.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year\u2019s top three placing mac and cheese recipes were provided by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Village at Alameda<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bravo Cucina Italiana<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dave and Buster\u2019s<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good and Thorough is pleased to announce it will be the rolling the food truck out to join the fun for a good cause this upcoming August 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, serving a new take on classic New Mexican and American comfort foods, just as you\u2019ve come to expect from our everyday menu. We\u2019re the only food truck competing this year! We find ourselves being a perfect fit, with <a href=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/menus\/menu-2\/\">the three types of mac and cheese<\/a> we offer regularly \u00a0giving us a strong base on which to try some new flavor combinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Mac and C<a href=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Good and Thorough Truck 2016\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Good-and-Thorough-Truck-2016-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>heese Fest, we\u2019ve come up with a recipe that\u2019s off the beaten path, moving away from the classics we keep on our board such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/25\/new-mexico-mac\/\">New Mexico Green Chile and Bacon Mac<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/12\/truffle-mac\/\">Truffle Mac<\/a>. This time we\u2019re bringing you even closer to home, with flavor profiles reminiscent of homemade New Mexican food, infused within the perfectly mixed b\u00e9chamel and cheese coating each elbow pasta nook. We\u2019re keeping the specifics a secret because we want you to be pleasantly surprised when you delve into the rich, crunchy, creamy bite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are cordially invited to join the Good &amp; Thorough food truck at Balloon Fiesta Park on Saturday, August 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from 2pm to 6pm to sample mac and cheese, drink local beer, and, in the end, decide which mac and cheese won your taste buds over by voting with a chip provided at entry. Check out pictures of last year&#8217;s event <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themacandcheesefest.com\/event-gallery.php?id=5\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets are $45 in advance, with a discount for purchases of groups of 6 tickets, and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-mac-cheese-fest-albuquerque-tickets-25216797119\">here<\/a>. Learn more about the Mac and Cheese Fest by visiting their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themacandcheesefest.com\/event-details.php?id=5\">site<\/a>. This is a 21+ only event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We look forward to seeing you there!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_395\" style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-mac-cheese-fest-albuquerque-tickets-25216797119\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-395\" src=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MacNCheese_ABQ728x290.jpg\" alt=\"Hope to see you there!\" width=\"675\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MacNCheese_ABQ728x290.jpg 728w, http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MacNCheese_ABQ728x290-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hope to see you there!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It\u2019s time once again to battle it out in Albuquerque to find who is making the best mac and cheese around. Above and beyond bragging rights for the best cheesy pasta goodness in town, proceeds benefit the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation, an organization assisting cancer patients with non-medical needs such as rent, groceries, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6sDYD-6m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodandthorough.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}