bread crumbs

For some, it's just not Thanksgiving until a steaming casserole dish of homemade macaroni and cheese hits the table. I'm one of those people. We didn't always have mac and cheese on our Thanksgiving table until my "helpful suggestions" turned into "even more helpful making of the mac and cheese the day before." This year's recipe features caramelized onions and crispy prosciutto. 

Sometimes it's totally worth it to set up a breading station in the kitchen and go to town on stuff that you'd normally love to bread and fry were it not for the utter mess left in the kitchen. One of those times is the entirety of football season, so in honor of one of our favorite cuisines (tailgating is totally a cuisine) we've made sure that this roundup of breaded, fried goodness also involves a good dose of cheese. 

Two cultures take the notion of a simple fried pork cutlet to a new level. Thanks to these wise countries, I hereby declare my total renouncement of the breaded fried chicken breast, and urge those who are still ordering or making any incarnation of it well into adulthood, to reconsider.