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 their salad and breadsticks, like the Olive Garden. However, as travelers may remind you (often pedantically), the salad course is a finale, not the opening number when dining in Italy. In On…
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, but with more time, I’ll make the gooey, cheesy masterpiece that is Chrissy Teigen’s “Armadillo Cheesy Garlic Bread,” from Cravings: Recipes For All…
During the pandemic, our family started two weekly traditions in our search for a semblance of consistency during a worldwide moment of uncertainty: Friday night became Dance Night. We had a blast. And now our daughter has amazing taste in music (or at least our taste in music, which is amazing), fostered as as we…
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 “Vintage Dishes” on the first Sunday of every month: https://www.inforum.com/karla-knutson The Forum announced the column in an article about my project written by the fantastic, award-winning journalist Tracy Briggs…
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 tried variations of this dish over the years, some with cheese, some with cornmeal or corn muffin mix, some with sour cream, some with whole-kernel corn rather than creamed corn. But…
Brunch Egg Scramble My family loves crepes, bagels, donuts, French toast, and of course, pancakes, as has been well established in previous posts: https://blog.cord.edu/karlaknutson/2023/08/11/grandmas-pancakes/ and https://blog.cord.edu/karlaknutson/2023/09/19/pancakes-and-pancakes-and-pancakes-oh-my/. But when I say my family, I really mean the two other people and the dog with whom I live (Rosie is allowed human food very rarely—but she is…
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 cookbook that my family loves. All home cooks make things that disappoint their diners at some point, of course, perhaps because of the flavor, balance of spices,…
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 Pancakes,” contributed by Eleanor Overvold to the “Breads & Rolls” section. These have been requested for breakfast again this Saturday morning. Preparation I was initially attracted to this recipe because…
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, & Vegetables” category. This was amazing—it had everything I really like. Gooey, cheesy, salty comfort food. Hot Chicken Salad In addition, it was straightforward: “Mix all of above together”…
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 want to share a bit about what we ate in Montreal. Since we knew I’d be cooking all summer from one cookbook representing…