• In search of a new comfort dish, I tested Ree Drummond's mac and cheese recipe. • I added breadcrumbs with garlic powder to make it taste more like the macaroni from my childhood. • A few steps of the process felt unconventional to me, but the end result was delicious.

Mac and cheese has always been my go-to comfort meal — not just because of how it tastes, but because it reminds me of my dad.

When I was a teenager, he fell in love with cooking, and mac and cheese became one of his specialties. He'd often ask for my help in the kitchen, and cooking became a bonding experience for us.

Although my dad doesn't live close enough for me to have his mac and cheese regularly anymore, I still crave that familiar comfort. No recipe I've tried has tasted quite the same as his.

So, when I h

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