Picture this: it's 1975, and the most coveted dish at every potluck, church social, and backyard barbecue isn't a complicated casserole or an elegant French sauce. It's a jiggly, colorful mold made ...

There was a time when it seemed any home cook could hold the world in a Jell-O mold. Here are four eclectic holiday recipes ...

Good morning and welcome to August's last hurrah. We have three reminders of requests from past Exchanges: the best banana pudding ever, excellent baked beans and vinegar-based barbecue sauce. Nancy ...

Pull on an old-school “Kiss the Cook” apron and break out the Cool Whip, crushed pineapple, lime Jell-O and mini marshmallows. It’s time to make some retro salads, and we’ve got seven vintage recipes ...

While athletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics are going for the gold, their Utahan hosts will be going for the green. That is, green as in lime Jell-O--the nonsponsoring, unofficial food of choice in the ...

Gelatin recipes are more often ridiculed than respected these days. I even have done a fair share of laughing and shaking my head over the suspending of black-eyed peas, prunes and chopped meats in ...

This recipe for Jell-O salad dates back to the 1950s. It seems, at first glance, like something that would’ve disappeared after the Jell-O-crazed cooking movement of the ’50s and ’60s. But thanks to ...

FRAZEE, Minn. — Frazee's Amber Schwarzrock has suddenly become everyone's relative. Known as "That Midwestern Mom" on TikTok, she now has thousands of followers around the globe watching her videos on ...

Mom’s cranberry Jello salad recipe with pineapple is an easy side dish that is perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Only 5 simple ingredients and very little prep! If you’re looking for Jello salad ...

I grew up in an era when gelatin salads were considered, nutritionally speaking, the moral equivalent of vegetable salads, served with pride in place of fresh greens — though my grandmother would ...

Thanks to everyone who mentioned or wrote to me about “Family Recipe Box.” This is the place for the recipe you always serve to company, the recipe you make for yourself and immediate family. And if ...