Much of my early cooking came from my mom's collection of cut-out back-of-the-box recipes. She would stuff dozens of cut-out recipes (from boxes, magazines, and even Cream of Wheat packets) into her ...

Growing up as a kid in the 80s, my mom relied on several "back of the box" recipes. We always made Lipton's French onion dip for parties and French's green bean casserole for Thanksgiving. And while I ...

Craving something sweet but short on time? A Bisquick peach cobbler delivers all the warm, fruity comfort of a homemade ...

This cake is as simple—and as sweet—as you can get. Grandmothers always seem to have the best cakes—and my grandma was no different. No matter the reason, my grandma always had a cake on the table at ...

Contributor Stephanie Burt has shelves of community cookbooks, those spiralbound snapshots of church groups, Junior League chapters and other social organizations. They hold history in every line and, ...

Recipes from brand-name companies often get a bad rap. However, many people learned to cook from the back of boxes, bottles, and jars, especially in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, when packaged ...