The Joy of the Joy of Cooking

There aren't many TJOC recipes that utterly fail for me but it does occasionally happen. Bell peppers with rice (p. 292) was one of the...

I really like making soup but Josh doesn't love it nearly as much as I do. If I had to pick one type of food to eat for the rest of my ...

Mom has a big rhubarb patch in the backyard and asked me if there were any TJOC recipes that could utilize some. I thumbed through TJOC and...

Pimiento cheese (p. 179) spread is something that I've seen at the grocery counter a thousand times but never actually eaten, likely bec...

I usually adore potatoes in all their forms, so I thought Au gratin potatoes (p. 297) would be a perfect addition to the dinner that my fath...

The week after my PhD "graduation" my brother Sam graduated from high school! Congrats, Sam! (I will post a picture of Sam and I ...

I am so behind in posting (like usual) which means a bunch of the posts that I am writing now are never going to be read (they will get buri...

I originally meant to make a couple types of sausage for brunch but realized that I had only bought enough pork for my stuffing and not enou...

I was pretty excited to have a crowd for which to cook "Artichoke frittata for a crowd" (p.202). I was pretty excited to be able ...

As I was reading TJOC, I realized I had missed a graduation post on the dinner side dishes. I am pretty proud of my graduation cooking--I wa...