For the month of November, well at least for the next two weeks, I am going to be doing something kind of different. This is the month of Thanksgiving and to celebrate it, I followed a complete menu from one of my vintage cookbooks. This is something I have always wanted to do. One of … Continue reading 1963 Thanksgiving Menu
Oh tuna noodle casserole. I am sure I am not the only one who grew up eating this dish. Actually it was known in my house as "Tuna Nuna" as my father had to give everything ridiculous names. This dish was one that was in constant rotation. As my mother worked full time as store … Continue reading History of Tuna Noodle Casserole
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 The Recipe Box: Apple Butter Bread
My next recipe box recipe is for carrot cookies. It comes from a black Chinese themed recipe box and it is a recipe that was typed on an index card. My favorite part of the card is that by the end of typing it, the writer was completely over it and was not about fixing … Continue reading Recipe Box: Carrot Cookies
