Today's Case:
Marshall Fields Marketplace Deli Macaroni & Cheeses
Subject: Re: Recipe Request
From: Astral Empress
To: Phaedrus
Date: 5/24/2026, 1:39 PM
On 5/24/2026 2:00 AM, Astral Empress wrote:
Hi, thank you in advance if you can help. Love the website.
Theres a restaurant section under the Macy's of oakbrook terrace mall in oakbrook, IL.
Back in the day the store instead of Macy's was Mashall Fields. The exact restaurant
name i cant recall the name since i was a kid at the time when i went. It mightve gone
by a different name back then, but today they call it the Market Place.
In the early 2000s, at the deli counter they used to sell a mac and cheese, i think it was
curled cavatappi , or shell pasta they used. It was a white cheddary kinda parmesan very
creamy Mac and cheese that I love and can never seem to recreate.
Is it possible to do some digging and find the recipe please?
Hello Empress
I found that recipe at: CD Kitchen
See below.
Phaed
Marshall Fields Marketplace Deli Wisconsin Cheese and Pasta
ingredients
1 pound spiral pasta (or shells or macaroni)
3 cups whipping cream
1 pound sharp white cheddar cheese, grated (divided)
1/2 teaspoon dry ground mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (or to taste)
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt
directions
Cook pasta in salted boiling water until tender. Drain, rinse and cool. Set aside.
Pour cream in heavy-bottomed saucepan set over medium heat and warm slowly, stirring.
Do not boil. When cream is hot, gradually whisk in 12 ounces of the cheese.
Whisk in mustard, Worcestershire, pepper, cayenne and salt. Remove from heat.
Set pasta in large bowl. Pour cheese sauce over pasta and toss well to combine.
Taste and adjust seasonings if needed.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter bottom of high-sided baking dish.
There should be at least 1 inch of space at top of dish after pasta mix is added.
Pour cheese and pasta mixture into dish. Top with remaining 4 ounces of cheese.
Cover and bake in preheated oven 40 minutes or until bubbling and golden brown.
