by RetroRuth | Sep 28, 2016 | Best & Worst, Hello Jell-O, The BEST
This week I felt like making something sparkly and pretty, so I remade this Ginger Ale Salad recipe that I originally tested for Glory Days Magazine. Because what’s more sparkly than a gelatin? This is Ginger Ale Salad! From The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer,...
by RetroRuth | Sep 30, 2015 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Pie, The BEST
It’s grape season again, so I thought I would trot out this pie in case anyone else here has a bumper crop of grapes this year and needs to use them up. Or if you just want to make a deliciously grape-y pie. Yum! This year I decided to take some of our grape-harvest...
by RetroRuth | Oct 16, 2013 | Desserts, Pie, The BEST
It’s grape season here in Michigan, and this year I decided to take some of our bounty and make a grape pie! This is Concord Grape Pie from the 1966 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Pies and Cakes. There were actually quite a few grape pie recipes in my...
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 | Aug 26, 2009 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! I have to confess to a bit of poor planning on my part. I didn’t put two and two together on this one, and I planned Menu night for the same night that we were suppose to go to a ballgame and eat hot dogs for...
