The Potato Skin Casserole Is a Cheesy Masterpiece

I wanted to reimagine potato skins. And Lifehacker’s column, Will it Casserole?, proved the perfect venue. I am not a Midwesterner by birth; but I hope this recipe, which shoves sour cream and chive mashed potatoes between a layer of crispy, bacon-loaded potato skins earns me some cred. The full story is here.

Potato skins are the weighted blankets of the food world—warm, comforting, and just heavy enough. And yet, we seem to have forgotten the appetizer that propelled TGI Friday’s into the national consciousness three decades ago. Potato skins—the bedrock of bowling alleys and dive bars —are an endangered species.