by RetroRuth | Aug 21, 2020 | Tested Recipes
Happy Friday! Who is ready for even more cocktails! From vintage fortune telling machine [cooked-sharing] This is another fun recipe from the vintage fortune-telling machine! We are about 20 down, like 500 to go of these cards to go. My trusty Cook’s Mini...
by RetroRuth | Feb 28, 2014 | Beverages, Cocktails
Anybody feeling wealthy today? Then how about some Millionaire Punch? This recipe is from the fantastic Here’s How cocktail book from 1941. Besides having a wooden cover and bound with leather strips and hinges, it also has some fantastic illustrations. Millionaire...
by RetroRuth | Feb 7, 2014 | Appetizers, Beverages, Cocktails
Are you ready for a Clover Club Cocktail? This one is a cocktail we have been meaning to try for a long time, mostly because of the raw egg white in it. Clover Club Cocktail Author: The Joy of Cooking, 1943 Ingredients 1 part gin juice of 1/2 lime 1 tablespoon...
by RetroRuth | Sep 27, 2013 | Beverages, Cocktails
Whew! Thank goodness another crazy week has finally come to an end! This week our cocktail is very basic because…well, the ingredients are what we had on hand. And going out to buy stuff to make a cocktail is fine, but somehow I think it is a bit more fun when you...
by RetroRuth | Aug 9, 2013 | Beverages, Cocktails
Whew. What a week! Good thing we have alcohol to ease the pain. This week’s drink comes from a recent eBay score: A fantastic bar book with a wooden cover called Here’s How from 1941. There are some great drinks in this book, and a ton of little illustrations which I...
