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 ...

Most people probably have some idea of what a salad is: A mix of various raw vegetables, usually a base of greens, with extras like beets or cherry tomatoes. (And America's favorite dressing: ranch, ...

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 ...

Think back to the days when dinner felt predictable but somehow comforting. The 1960s brought an explosion of convenience ...

When it came time to plan the menu for my grandma's 90th birthday, I went a little overboard. I prepped elaborate dishes that reminded us of her: vanilla cake, chocolate cake, and an old-school ...

In "Bibi's Gulf Coast Kitchen," columnist Bibi Hutchings takes you on a culinary journey across the coastal south. Come for the great food writing, stay for the delicious recipes. If you grew up in ...

In Saving Southern Recipes, Southern Kitchen’s Kate Williams explores the deep heritage of Southern cooking through the lens of passed-down, old family recipes. Let's face it: Congealed salads are not ...

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 ...

I can’t figure out fruit salad. Is it a side dish or a dessert? The non-cook’s last refuge when the ice and chips are already taken on the office potluck sign-up sheet, or a legitimate culinary ...

What even defines a salad now, anyways? There are traditional, healthy salads made with leafy greens, but also pasta salads, chicken salads, and fruit salads. Who's to say we can't have dessert salad?