It’s been a fun year on Mid-Century Menu! We’ve had cakes shaped like lambs, spaghetti poured on sandwiches and gelatin shaped like…well…everything. But with all the crazy cooking we did, 10 posts stood out as absolute reader favorites. So, here are the most popular posts for 2012! 10. Renalde Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes Somehow, a rather random mention and quote in the Wall Street Journal resulted in tons of lamb cake recipes being sent my {Read More}
The Twinkie Wiener Sandwich – A Retro Movie Recipe Test

I think that we can all agree that Tom puts up with a lot for this blog. Just this year alone he’s had to eat a lot of horrible gelatin, a liver pate where the secret ingredient was canned green beans and a sub with canned spaghetti on it. Plus, he’s had to put up with me all year. To say that he has earned a “treat” would be an understatement. So, this week we are going slightly out of {Read More}
Tuna Fruit Salad–Tuna Vintage Recipe Contest Finalist #1

Well, we’ve finally done it. After 10 cans of tuna and a bunch of recipe tests, we have finally found the first Finalist in our “Let’s Sing A Tune To Tuna Contest”. And it is quite the find, let me tell you. Gentle readers, I present to you…Tuna Fruit Salad. Yep. There it is! This entry is from Karen, who writes the following: I hope you haven’t been inundated by the fruit salads. There seem to be a perverse number {Read More}
The Archive – The Best of Tom 2009

This post originally ran last year before Christmas, so I thought it would be fun to revisit some of the best (and worst) pictures of Tom from 2009. Enjoy, and come back next week to see The Best of Tom from 2010! Merry Christmas early, everyone!!! We are getting ready for a great holiday, so I thought I would give you all a treat this week. I know how much everyone likes my husband Tom’s reactions to the first bite {Read More}




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