Casseroles: Tuna Noodle, Green Bean, and Gleaming Vessels

<p>When you have the winter doldrums, nothing warms the stomach - or the soul - quite like a casserole. Easy to make and easy to serve, casseroles have brought people to the dinner table for hundreds of years and certainly form the backbone of American “family-style” cuisine since World War II.</p><p>As We Eat starts our survey of casseroles with the word itself. Casserole (from Old French via Greek and Latin) describes both the vessel and the dish cooked within it.</p><p>Companies like Campbell’s Soups™ celebrated the end of rationing by creating collections of recipes utilizing its brand - like canned creamed soups and vegetables - to inspire American homemakers to buy/use their products. </p><p>We survey other favorite casserole dishes and dive into the history of several especial favorites concluding by discussing on one of the most famous casseroles and the vessel namesake - Cassoulet.</p><p> </p>