by RetroRuth | May 26, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes, SPAM!
Hi, Everyone!! Welcome to another great Mid-Century Menu. This week Tom and I decided to go back to one of the basics of mid-century cooking. But not gelatin. We aren’t feeling crazy enough this week to go that far. We decided to pick a tamer basic. Spam....
by RetroRuth | May 19, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed as I waive the wand of Mid-Century Magic over humble, (mostly) nutritional ingredients and turn them into something never before seen by man! What will the magic produce this time? A piece of...
by RetroRuth | May 12, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes, Pasta
By RetroRuth Happy Wednesday, All! This week on the Mid-Century Menu we are cooking out of a cookbook that a lucky lady in 1957 would have received with her brand new, state of the art Rena-Ware. Published in 1957, this super cute book has tons of recipes created by...
by RetroRuth | May 5, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Man, nothing screams “Mid-Century Menu” like a cookbook that has a giant, rare, glistening meatloaf on the cover. And to top it off, it is Good Housekeeping’s Hamburger & Hot Dog Book, Novel Uses For America’s Favorite Meats! I love that...
by RetroRuth | Apr 28, 2010 | Desserts, Pork, The WORST
Holy Cow!!! We have a ketchup-covered whopper of a Mid-Century Menu for you guys today. Gah. This weekend during our thrifting trip, we stumbled on what just might be one of the craziest mid-century cookbooks ever: 57 Prize-Winning Recipes From H.J. Heinz Co. I...
