Hot, meaty, spaghetti sauce — simmering with rich, savory ground beef, fragrant herbs, and delicious tomatoes. Growing up, my father’s favorite dinner was spaghetti with garlic bread and tossed salad, so we had it a lot. Especially important was that spaghetti dinner contained no canned peas — the bane of my father’s growing-boy existence. California-Style […]
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Step back in time to the 1950s with a classic recipe that brings a touch of California to your kitchen: Hollywood Orange Rolls. These delectable treats were not just a favorite in 1950s homes; they were also made popular in tearooms around the United States for the “Ladies Who Lunch” set. Vintage Hollywood Orange Rolls
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Sometimes, every housewife needs to get a super fast dinner on the table. And vintage homemaking had an answer for that too! This cold-weather dinner comes from a 1950 Better Homes and Gardens magazine. It has step-by-step instructions on how to get dinner on the table in 30 minutes start to finish. How to Get
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I don’t really like convenience foods. I like cooking from scratch. I also like reverse-engineering foods. I mean, I started reading Cook’s Illustrated magazine 20 years ago! I’m sure you see where this is going. I LIKE reverse-engineering vintage convenience foods, and making my own from-scratch or convenient versions. And I’ve had a lot of
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One of the ways that I save money on food is to bake my own bread. The ingredients for bread are much cheaper than the bread you buy at the store. In fact, this easy vintage bread recipe, with all its variations, can replace almost every fancier bread you might buy, as well. Vintage Bread
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2-in-1 Bake is a vintage casserole for a family dinner from the 1958 Good Housekeeping’s Casserole Book. It combines ham, cheese, cauliflower, and canned cream soup to make a remarkably tasty quick casserole. I served it with Iowa Succotash, Onion-Rye Bread, and Carrot-Raisin Salad. Since it is a creamy dish, I chose Avocado Tidbits, which
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This is my recipe for Valentine’s Day muffins! Vintage Cherry Vanilla Actually, the idea for doing cherry-vanilla flavors for Valentine’s Day came from my February 1952 issue of McCall’s magazine. It had an ad from the Dairy Council, promoting cherry-vanilla ice cream dessert in the middle of the feature on making a Valentine’s Day tea.
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