by RetroRuth | May 25, 2011 | Casserole, Pork
Tom and I just got back from a trip to see his sister graduate from medical school (go Maggie!). The trip had it’s good and bad parts. Good parts: We got to visit family. The weather was pretty good. We got to spend a lot of time together. Bad part: We BOTH got a...
by RetroRuth | May 18, 2011 | Pie
This week we have a hilarious example of the Mid-Century Menu archive. This post originally ran on June 23, 2010, and was submitted by the fabulous Miss Marwood. And I decided to pull it out of hibernation this week, dust it off and show it again. Why, you ask? ...
by RetroRuth | May 11, 2011 | Beef
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, a fun feature where Tom and I make a mid-century recipe chosen from our vast collection of vintage cookbooks. This week we pulled a recipe from one of our “newer” books that we recently found for 10 cents at a recent rummage...
by RetroRuth | May 4, 2011 | Beverages, Hello Jell-O
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, the feature on the blog where Tom and I make a recipe from our mid-century cookbooks and eat it for dinner. No matter how horrible it is. But this week we have one big difference in our post: no Tom! Now, I know most of you...
by RetroRuth | May 1, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, Vintage Food Photography
Apparently, making a lamb cake from your lamb pan is for losers!!! Introducing: Pup on Pillow, Puss in Boots, Holiday Stag and Fawn for Easter. No “lambs” here! From Good Housekeeping’s Cake Book, 1958