The Joy of the Joy of Cooking

Every now and then TJOC surprises me (usually in a bad way). Sometimes it's a weird ingredient, sometimes it's a bizarre cooking me...

While looking through my pictures, I was absolutely shocked I had forgotten to post about something as monumental as the bacon sundae at Den...

I made some chicken stock for my mom and hoped to find a recipe to use the poached chicken. Hot chicken salad (p. 106) looked perfect! I r...

I decided to make a couple of food items to bring to a pre-4th of July party I was attending. As I said before, everyone seems to like devi...

Mom told me that she had boneless, skinless chicken breasts and asked if there was something that I could make out of them. We agreed that ...

My mom had a food day at work and asked if I wanted to make anything for her to bring to it. I thought that Deviled or stuffed eggs (p. 195...

I am being seriously punished for writing these posts so much later than when I actually cooked the dishes. This post (and about ten others...

I love, love, love the author Jasper Fforde . His books are almost in a genre of their own and are rather difficult to explain or categoriz...

Divans are one of those really retro (some would say "dated") casserole style American foods. They would totally be appropriate a...

The salad dressings in TJOC have always been my go-to for easy recipes to knock out. Unfortunately, I have made most of the dressings that ...