by RetroRuth | Jan 6, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes
Welcome to the first Mid-Century Menu of the year! I know you all have eagerly awaiting this moment, as Tom and I both have, to see if this will be a good meal or a bad one. See, I kinda figure this is like Groundhog’s Day for the Menu, if this Menu sees its...
by RetroRuth | Dec 16, 2009 | Candy, Desserts
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Well, the countdown to Christmas is in full swing and everything around here is about as chaotic as it can get. I like getting ready for Christmas, which is really good news because otherwise I might go completely insane. Did I mention...
by RetroRuth | Dec 9, 2009 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Well, it is snowing like crazy right now, but I must say we are doing better than most here in Michigan. At least there isn’t a blizzard beating a path to our door like my poor parents in Wisconsin! In any case, it is a good day to stay in and bake cookies, or...
by RetroRuth | Dec 2, 2009 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Happy Wednesday, All! So, for this Christmas I decided I was going to give Tom a break from the Mid-Century Menu for dinner for a month. I decided it would be a nice change to do something GOOD for a while. Besides, with Thanksgiving past and done my mind has...
by RetroRuth | Nov 25, 2009 | Beef, Main Dishes
Wow, check out the piece of meat on the cover of this cookbook. Appetizing, huh? It is no surprise that this is the cookbook that I chose the Mid-Century Menu out of this week. It is 250 Ways to Prepare Meat by the Culinary Arts Institute, published in 1942. This is...
