Crouton Hot Dish Casserole or Hamburger-Crouton Hot Dish?
Looking for a quick way to make use of some thawed ground beef, I paged through The Joy of Sharing and realized I already had all of the ingredients in my pantr...
Category: Recipes from The Joy of Sharing
These posts are commentaries and contextualizations of recipes in my cookbook project.
Rhubarb! A Cake and Some Muffins
Early this summer I made two baked goods with rhubarb, my favorite “vegetable that often masquerades as a fruit” (McGee 367). As I explained when writing about ...
An Italian (American) Dinner, Achieved: An Epilogue to Movie Night
Caution: Spoilers ahead In the new Garfield movie released in May 2024, Garfield orders $600 worth of takeout, all delivered by drone, to create an onslaught of...
Lasagna: Movie Night Recipe #3
As I noted in the introduction to my Movie Night Recipe series (https://blog.cord.edu/karlaknutson/2024/05/22/a-prelude-to-movie-night/), the main event of our ...
“Simply Dilly Cukes” Reimagined: An Interlude to “Movie Night”
I decided to try the recipe for “Simply Dilly Cukes” again, but with two adjustments: 1) smashing the cucumbers and 2) making a homemade Italian dre...
Simply Dilly Cukes: Movie Night Recipe #2
The green salad feels ubiquitous as a precursor to pasta in American dining—at home and at restaurants, particularly the Italian-American restaurants famous for...
Sharon’s French Bread: Movie Night Recipe #1
Garlic bread is a classic side with pasta in the United States, and it certainly is a favorite at our house. In a rush, we’ll pick it up at the grocery store, b...
A Prelude to Movie Night
During the pandemic, our family started two weekly traditions in our search for a semblance of consistency during a worldwide moment of uncertainty: Friday nigh...
Vintage Dishes: Announcing my New Monthly Column
I’m pleased to announce that I will be writing a monthly column for The Fargo Forum based on my cookbook project. Look for new installments of “Vin...
Scalloped Corn: Holiday Side-Dish Extraordinaire!
Scalloped Corn: Holiday Side-Dish Extraordinaire! It’s not a Thanksgiving meal without scalloped corn or some sort of corn casserole, in my humble opinion. I’ve...