Noodle Kugel

What’s not to like about noodle kugel?  It’s like bread pudding, but with noodles.  And it’s fun to say.  I never had anything like it growing up in rural Wisconsin, but I tasted my first kugel in college, at Ella’s Deli in Madison.  The recipe on p. 65 of Barefoot Contessa Parties! brought me right back to Ella’s.  I don’t know why, but the golden raisins made it seem a little bit extra special.