There is a recipe card tucked into the back of nearly every church cookbook printed between 1955 and 1975 (sometimes handwritten, sometimes typed on an actual typewriter) for something involving cream of mushroom soup, egg noodles, and a can of tuna. Nobody called it comfort food then. It was just dinner. And now, according to culinary professionals surveyed by the National … [Read more...] about 10 Retro Dishes From Your Grandmother’s Kitchen That Are Making a Real Comeback in 2026
Nostalgic & Old-School Recipes
How One Dad’s Invention in 1952 Made Grilling the Great American Father’s Day Ritual
There is a photograph from the early 1950s that could have been taken in any American suburb. A man in a short-sleeved shirt stands over a metal box on four spindly legs, squinting through smoke, holding tongs like a weapon. The fire has gone sideways in the wind. Something that was supposed to be a hamburger is now a memory. He is doing his best. That was the state of backyard … [Read more...] about How One Dad’s Invention in 1952 Made Grilling the Great American Father’s Day Ritual
Big Red Soda, Red Velvet Cake, and a 160-Year-Old Story Most Americans Don’t Know
Of all the foods on a Juneteenth table, the red ones are the ones that ask to be explained. Red velvet cake. Strawberry soda. Hibiscus punch. Watermelon. They show up every June 19th across tables in Texas, in Georgia, in church fellowship halls and backyard celebrations from Houston to Harlem. Ask why, and most people will pause. They know it's tradition. They know it … [Read more...] about Big Red Soda, Red Velvet Cake, and a 160-Year-Old Story Most Americans Don’t Know
5 Signs the Cookbook on Your Shelf Is Worth More Than You Paid for It
Somewhere in the back of a kitchen cabinet, behind the good casserole dish and the Tupperware lids that no longer match anything, there is probably a cookbook. Maybe two or three. A Betty Crocker with a cracked spine. A spiral-bound volume put together by the women of a Methodist church in 1963. A Julia Child, a little flour-dusted, with someone's handwritten note in the … [Read more...] about 5 Signs the Cookbook on Your Shelf Is Worth More Than You Paid for It
The Tuna Noodle Casserole Is Back and This Version Is Actually Worth Making
For a good twenty years, tuna noodle casserole lived in the back of the recipe box. Not thrown away, exactly. Just quietly passed over. You probably know the version we mean. The one with the can of Campbell's cream-of-mushroom soup, a bag of egg noodles, and a tin of tuna that somehow became the backbone of every church potluck, every Tuesday-night supper when the budget … [Read more...] about The Tuna Noodle Casserole Is Back and This Version Is Actually Worth Making