I have a collection of vintage metal recipe boxes. Sixteen to be exact with all but one full of handwritten recipes and clippings from newspapers and magazines of the past. My favorite thing to do is to flip through the curated recipes of someone's time in the kitchen. The problem is I rarely cook from … Continue reading Recipe Box: Pumpkin Cookies
Quick recap for those who do not want to read: This is a 1962 article written by food editor Mary Alice Powell about Mrs. Ahmet Esmailof of Toledo, Ohio who needed a hobby to distract from health issues. She decided to put her baking skills to good use and around every holiday she just bakes … Continue reading The “Cooky Lady”
Today's recipe box recipe comes from a vintage Bisquick box that amazingly still has the original dividers and recipes that came with it. This is not one of those such recipes but instead a recipe giving to the owner by a Ms. Ruth Schwartz. It most likely is a recipe card from the 70s but … Continue reading Recipe Box: Cheese Cookies
