by RetroRuth | Mar 4, 2013 | Vintage Cooking
Just a head’s up for anyone interested in listening to me yammer on and on about vintage cooking: There is a rather lengthy interview with me on Collector’s Weekly right now where I talk about the preservative powers of gelatin, torturing Tom and what it’s like eating...
by RetroRuth | Jan 23, 2013 | MCMenu Fun, Tom
It’s been a fun year on Mid-Century Menu! We’ve had cakes shaped like lambs, spaghetti poured on sandwiches and gelatin shaped like…well…everything. But with all the crazy cooking we did, 10 posts stood out as absolute reader favorites. So, here are the most popular...
by RetroRuth | Dec 24, 2012 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Hope everyone is all geared up for Christmas! If your holiday spirit hasn’t reached a fever pitch yet, I might have something to get your motor running. Here are the ten vintage Christmas cookie recipes we tried this year! (If you want to be ultra-festive, you could...
by RetroRuth | Apr 4, 2012 | MCMenu Fun, Vintage Cooking
Exciting news, guys! I am going to be on the radio! Tomorrow morning, (April 5th) I am going to be on the Joy Cardin show on Wisconsin Public Radio starting at 8:00 am Central Time for an hour chatting about vintage recipes, lamb cake and The Mid-Century Menu....
by RetroRuth | Feb 9, 2011 | Appetizers, SPAM!
So, I might not have had the best time watching the Super Bowl, but I had a great time cooking for it. After I finished the fun stuff for our two person Super Bowl Party (Artichoke dip, taco dip and buffalo chicken meatballs), I broke out the mid-century snacks...
