Harvest Loaf
As the leaves changed colors and the weather turned chilly enough to wear sweatshirts, then sweaters, and finally, coats, I looked for autumnal recipes in The J...
Category: Recipes from The Joy of Sharing
These posts are commentaries and contextualizations of recipes in my cookbook project.
Baked Glazed Carrots
What’s not to love about glazed carrots? My family loves them, and we’ve been making the version from our Joe Beef cookbook, published by the chefs at the inimi...
Cabbage Casseroles: Scalloped Cabbage and Baked Celery and Cabbage Casserole
Cabbage actually is…all around. Or is that love? Both really. But is there a movie about cabbage’s omnipresence yet? In addition to beloved cabbage-based delica...
A Date with Dates: Date-Nut Muffins and Date and Nut Torte
Cooking and baking my way through The Joy of Sharing raises many memories of food from youth in central North Dakota. While recently reminiscing about my matern...
Taco Hot Dish
Last Thursday night I discovered one of the most delicious recipes I’ve made from The Joy of Sharing so far: Cheryl Vinesett’s “Taco Hot Dish.” I made it for a...
Wild Rice Casserole
The two best hotdishes I’ve made from The Joy of Sharing were contributed by Thelma Lysne, lifelong resident of Velva, who has been so involved at Oak Valley th...
Tropical Delights Reimagined for the Midwest: Citrus Slush and Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Like many people who live in climates with multiple seasons, I use those seasons to guide my food habits. As Nancy Silverton remarks in The Cookie That Changed ...
Marshmallow Fruit Dip, A Playdate Luncheon Continued
As I noted in my post about “Irma’s Chicken Tortilla Casserole,” I prepared both that casserole and Susan Wolff Anderson’s “Fruit Dip / Fruit Platter” to serve ...
A Playdate Luncheon: Irma’s Chicken Tortilla Casserole
When my daughter had a play date with her friend from down the street, I decided to make Mary Harness’s recipe for “Irma’s Chicken Tortilla Casserole” for lunch...
When is a Salad?
To teach paragraphing strategies to college students, I use “When is a Paragraph?” published in College Composition and Communication by Arthur A. Stern in 1976...