I am so excited for this month. I have been planning for MONTHS gathering books, supplies and of course recipes. For what you may ask? FONDUE!!!! This whole month I will be talking about the ins and outs of fondue because guys.....there is a lot. Wow was I amazed on how much I found. So … Continue reading Cheese Fondue
Tag: 1930s
Aunt Sammy Revisited
I started doing this blog seriously in January of last year. I am still amazed that there are people willing to come and read my nerdy little posts about the history of popular recipe, my love of vintage food ads, my random posts about movies, celebrity recipes and my weird personal quest into the gelatin … Continue reading Aunt Sammy Revisited
The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
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 … Continue reading The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Sparkling Ginger Cookies
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
Vintage Ad: Seagram’s Crown (1939)
Vintage Ad: Baby Ruth (1937)
Vintage Ad: Butterfinger (1933)
The Mystery Chef’s Eggless Orange Cake
I was trying to figure out a recipe to make from the Mystery Chef but none was really standing out more than any other. Dione Lucas was easy as almost every source mentioned that omelets was her specialty. Aunt Sammy I just flipped the book open and saw I had everything to make the raisin … Continue reading The Mystery Chef’s Eggless Orange Cake
The Gelatin Diaries: Crested Jell-O Whips
In a blog post I posted when I first start Quaint Cooking, I wrote about how Jell-O and other gelatin based products didn't really play a huge part of my youth. I originally set a challenge to work my way through the 1970s The New Joys of Jell-O to see how I felt about Jell-O … Continue reading The Gelatin Diaries: Crested Jell-O Whips
The Mystery Behind The Mystery Chef
The Mystery Chef had a radio show during the 1930s and 1940s that introduced gourmet recipes that were affordable but little is really known about him. I will admit getting to the bottom of who was the man behind The Mystery Chef was a little bit difficult. I read quite a bit of news paper … Continue reading The Mystery Behind The Mystery Chef