1.0Waz Wuhttps://www.wazwu.com/blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CEucFLtctc"><a href="https://www.wazwu.com/blog/2015/04/24/mac-cheese-takedown/">Mac & Cheese Takedown</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.wazwu.com/blog/2015/04/24/mac-cheese-takedown/embed/#?secret=CEucFLtctc" width="600" height="338" title="“Mac & Cheese Takedown” — Waz Wu" data-secret="CEucFLtctc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.wazwu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0479.jpg12801280Remember how I was planning on going vegan for the month of April? Well, that was going pretty well until John got us tickets to the Mac & Cheese Takedown at Royal Palms. Unlimited mac and cheese… yeah, that’s pretty hard to turn down! Plus, isn’t the event poster awesome? The Takedowns are a series of cooking events produced by Matt Timms. They’ve been around since 2003 and have expanded to major cities across the country. It’s not just for mac and cheese. They also do chili, fondue, curry, cookie, and ice cream takedowns! Our $20 tickets allowed us to taste every mac and cheese entered in the contest. We could go back for seconds, but that was the last thing I wanted. I had 15 samples and was absolutely stuffed. It probably didn’t help that we had beer with our mac. Carbs on carbs on carbs! If I had known about this event ahead of time, I would have seriously considered entering. Mac and cheese is my thing, but I’ve never cooked at this volume before. I imagine this event easily had 200-300 attendees, and that’s a lot of mouths to feed! There are 25 entries total, and unfortunately, […]