by RetroRuth | Mar 18, 2012 | Desserts
After the Peanut Butter Bread debacle of last week, I decided it was time to get back on the mid-century recipe horse and try quick bread again. But which recipe? I dug through cookbooks. I flipped through magazines. I even got out my collection of recipe cards. I...
by RetroRuth | Mar 7, 2012 | Beverages
Whew. Tom and I are exhausted. We just got back from a 5-night trip to Las Vegas and wow, it was ever crazy. Yep, crazy. Non-stop debauchery. 24 hours a day. Yep. Yeppity-yeppity-yep. Okay, so…most of that was a lie. I have to say we aren’t a very exciting...
by RetroRuth | Feb 29, 2012 | Beverages
Guess what I got in the mail?!?!? That’s right! Lemons! Sara in AZ, my fellow writer from No Pattern Required, recently sent me an enormous box of the biggest lemons I have ever seen in my life. And we all know what to do when life (or Sara) gives us lemons, don’t we?...
by RetroRuth | Feb 23, 2012 | MCMenu Fun
I was in The Wall Street Journal today with a mention of The Mid-Century Menu and some pictures of my annual Easter Lamb Cake! I am at the end of the awesome article Playing Kitchen Detective: Home Cooks Try to Recreate Family Recipes. My annual quest for the perfect...
by RetroRuth | Feb 22, 2012 | Best & Worst, Hello Jell-O, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes, Side Dishes & Salads, The WORST
I don’t know why I do this to myself. I don’t know why I do this to Tom. I don’t know why Tom let’s me do this. All I know is that when Mimi (from 1972: The Retro WW Experiment), Yinzerella (From Dinner Is Served 1972) and Lexi (from After Apple Picking) asked me if I...
