Today we are going to delve into the 1920s just one more time this week. I didn't realized that the Baby Ruth ad I posted on Monday was from the 1920s. I had done an exhaustive search way before Christmas looking for holiday centered ads and then scheduled them to post in advanced. It was … Continue reading Betty Crocker’s Gold Medal Box
Seeing as we are ringing in the twenties again this New Years, I thought a quick canape from that decade was in order. This comes from the prolific cookbook author Ida Bailey Allen and is featured in The Modern Method of Preparing Delightful Foods (1926). Don't you just love the titles of some of these … Continue reading 1920s Ham Canapes
This is another installment of weird things Bonnie is obsessed over, I give you party punches. I have never been to a party that included one. By the time I was old enough to go to dances, sadly there were no punches. Actually my middle school dances just sold Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas and … Continue reading Christmas Punches
Who and where was Clam Dip created? So it is going to be kind of wonky the way I answer this question. The way the dip as we know it got into the American food lexicon was when the dip was presented on the Kraft Music Hall television show in the 1950s. There were versions … Continue reading The History of Clam Dip
Jane Wyman was an actress with a career that spanned seven decades beginning in 1933. You may know her from the Larceny, Inc, Three Guys Named Mike, The Sailor Takes a Lady or Stage Fright. She also won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Johnny Belinda as well as being a three time Golden … Continue reading Jane Wyman’s Rum Balls
For this months Cinema and Canape I am going to just do a quick recap of the movie and then talk about the recipe. I am running out of time for all the things I want to post. We will see if I can keep it short.... I love watching Christmas movies and specials and … Continue reading Cinema and Canapes: A Christmas in Connecticut
If one cookie got baked during the Christmas season in my house while growing up, it was the chocolate chip cookie. Even if sometimes they were of the slice-and-bake variety. Everyone in the house loved them. They were the cookie that we left out for Santa long before we realized that Santa's favorite cookie was … Continue reading The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Next up on the week of cookies is a recipe for sparkling ginger cooies I chose this recipe because you can tell it was one of the previous owner of the recipe box tried and true recipes. The card is far from clean with age and use signs all over it. This recipe is definitely … Continue reading Sparkling Ginger Cookies
All this week, I am going to post a cookie recipe that I have tested from my recipe box collection. Baking is a huge part of December and cookies are probably on the top of that list for most people. I will admit I always have great intentions of being like the "Cooky Lady" and baking … Continue reading Strawberry Meringue Bars
Today I bring you a cool, kitschy and easy cake to make for the holidays. This is a Jell-O recipe but uses their pudding products instead. It is another recipe from the kids' cookbook, Amazing Magical Jell-O Desserts. I also used this cookbook for the Halloween triple treat parfait. This cake comes together with a … Continue reading Christmas Tree Cake
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