Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. I keep my pantry stocked with a box of vanilla pudding mix at all times because it’s the secret ingredient in my ...

Boxed cake mix is one of the most versatile and useful ingredients you can have in your pantry. Not only can you whip up a simple batch of cupcakes for a bake sale with it, or make a more elaborate ...

Occasionally, new products that give me pause appear on supermarket shelves. The latest? Jell-O Instant Pudding Mix Singles. Available in regular and sugar-free options, the vanilla and chocolate ...

I first remember watching Bill Cosby when he was on “Captain Kangaroo” and taught us all about “Picture Pages” and how we needed to “grab our crayons and our pencils.” It seems Cosby was always on my ...

In present-day America, most people would probably describe Jell-O as a dessert. But it wasn't always that way. In the decades following World War II, Jell-O did indeed lend itself to desserts, but it ...

In May of 1997, I wrote a story about the 100th anniversary of Jell-O gelatin and pudding. Funny how 20 years go by so quickly! I mention this because one of our reporters, Cara Anthony, stopped by my ...