by RetroRuth | Dec 7, 2011 | Vintage Cooking
Our friend Bryan at Kooky Chow has a sweet new cookbook out just in time for the holiday gift-giving season (hint, hint in-laws!). To celebrate this collection of cooking curiosities, Kooky Chow has this kooky … ahem… video. It’s super wicked awesome cool. Kooky...
by RetroRuth | Jul 9, 2011 | Tested Recipes
The Milwaukee Public Library has begun digitizing their considerable recipe collection that librarians clipped from the pages of Milwaukee newspapers from 1960-1980. It is now available online, and more recipes are being added to it all the time. The Library’s...
by RetroRuth | Jun 15, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, The BEST
All Hail the Tunnel of Fudge Cake! Not only does this amazing cake have a hilarious name (snicker) and an impeccable Mid-Century pedigree (it was a runner-up in the famous 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off) but the darn thing is magic. It is the original cake that makes its...
by RetroRuth | Apr 27, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
Hello again and welcome to another fun vintage recipe test!!! This week we have a very important and serious thing to talk about. Lamb Cake. Every year since I have been about 16 I have tried to make a cake in the shape of a lamb for Easter. I inherited a fantastic...
by RetroRuth | Mar 16, 2011 | Eggs, Main Dishes, Pasta
Whew. How’s your week been? Here at the Mid-Century Menu, things have been a little crazy. Maybe it is spring, or a full moon or something, but things here have just been going wrong left and right. I am just glad that we got the computer back. We got the same...
