Pancakes and Pancakes and Pancakes (Oh, My!)
Pancakes and Pancakes and Pancakes (Oh, My!) We have now had Grandma’s Pancakes five more times, all by request. It’s a joy to make something new from the cookb...
Category: Recipes from The Joy of Sharing
These posts are commentaries and contextualizations of recipes in my cookbook project.
Grandma’s Pancakes
Last week I purchased some buttermilk in anticipation of exploring the quick bread recipes in The Joy of Sharing. On Saturday morning, I selected “Grandma’s Pan...
Mrs. Nixon’s Hot Chicken Salad
As I am drawn to eponymous recipes, I next turned to “Mrs. Nixon’s Hot Chicken Salad” contributed by Thelma Lysne and included in the “Soups, Salads, & Vege...
Eating, Drinking, and Thinking in Montreal
My posting frequency has been a bit uneven lately—with a gap of several days prior to many posts in a row. Well, we were on vacation! And now that we’re back, I...
Zucchini-Oatmeal Muffins
July in North Dakota means that zucchinis are starting to be left on doorsteps all across the state (soon corn will follow). And as a parent, I’m always looking...
Food for Fun in the Sun: Part III
The next day of the holiday weekend raised more opportunities for making festive food. We decided to make two more recipes from “Appetizers and Beverages,” both...
Food for Fun in the Sun: Part II
Shrimp Cocktail Next, I prepared Verna Shock’s “Shrimp Cocktail” so that we would have a second dip for our afternoon snack. We enjoyed this as well, especially...
Food for Fun in the Sun: Part I
Food for Fun in the Sun: Part I Over the gloriously long Fourth of July weekend, my family did our favorite things: Cook Eat Swim Bike Read Repeat, in no partic...
Krystal’s Dishes
When my friend and neighbor Krystal came over with her family for dinner and a swim in June, she decided to make some of the recipes and send along her notes by...
Rhubarb Redemption
Rhubarb Redemption The day after the tater-tot debacle, I dove back into The Joy of Sharing, eager to redeem myself with my family. Retreating to the safety of ...