Mom made the perfect Jell-O salad. Like so many homemakers of the 1950s and ‘60s, she served her family brightly colored, shimmering gelatin concoctions several times each week. Sometimes they were ...

The winter holidays are here, which for many means a bounty of joy, gratitude and, at least for a couple decades there in the mid-1900s, a frightening volume of gelatin. A succulent spiral ham. A ...

It's the season for hustle-bustle, and my mind turns to making sure I carve out time to do things I find especially joyous and comforting. Some people get into the spirit by throwing holiday parties, ...

Sweet, salty, and irresistibly nostalgic, this strawberry pretzel salad is the retro layered dessert that never goes out of ...

2 cups of milk, bring just to a boil. Remove from heat, add 1 cup sugar and 2 envelopes of gelatin that has soaked in a ½ cup cold water to hot milk. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla and add 16 oz sour cream.

There was a time — about 65 years ago — when a jiggly fruit- or meat-filled gelatin dish was the centerpiece of nearly every Christmas table. When the sight of shrimp encased in clear jelly and ...

Is it dessert or a surprisingly addictive side dish? This delightfully old-fashioned dish is called a salad, but it provides more of a sweet respite during the holidays between forkfuls of roast ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Mike Lowe’s grandma served all the classics ...