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No Can Do

Poppy Cannon (nee Lillian Gruskin) was a food editor at the Ladies’ Home Journal and House Beautiful who also wrote a few cookbooks, including this one - behold, The Can Opener Cookbook! You… more →

No Can Do — 14 comments

Lidian wrote 2 months ago: Poppy Cannon (nee Lillian Gruskin) was a food editor at the Ladies’ Home Journal and House Bea … more →

Tags: Mealtime Retrocities, The Social Whirl, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Snacks, Postwar Panache, Surreal Ingredients, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, 1960s Retro, 1950s retro, Canned Food

Instant Coffee Karma — 9 comments

Lidian wrote 3 months ago: Instant coffee karma’s gonna get you. Because there’s coffee, coffee everywhere, but no … more →

Tags: Promotional Cookbooks, Strange Salad Days, Secondary Sauces, The Main Course, coffee talk, 1960s Retro, salad, Coffee, Sauces

Tijuana Hash — 9 comments

Lidian wrote 4 months ago: This is not Herb Alpert’s backup band. Nor is it some groovy hippie recipe for a pharmaceutic … more →

Tags: bake-off, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, TV and Theater, Retro music, 1960s Retro, Hash, 1960s cookbooks, weird retro, weird retro recipes

Sure-Bet/Sherbet Macaroons — 7 comments

Lidian wrote 5 months ago: There certainly are a LOT of macaroon recipes out there - you know, out there (waves virtual hand i … more →

Tags: Surreal Ingredients, The Cookie Jar, True Confections, bake-off, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, sugar sugar, 1960s cookies, Cake mix, Coconut

London Cake From South Africa — 2 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: A selection from a Girl Scouts’ cookbook, Be Prepared (1968), from South Africa. It is real … more →

Tags: bake-off, old advertisements, Piece of Cake, Stranded On A Dessert Island, sugar sugar, True Confections, 1960s cookbooks, Biscuits, Cakes

Mrs. Wiggs Entertains — 4 comments

Lidian wrote 6 months ago: This lovely lady is the actress Bessie Barsicale, who starred in a production of Mrs. Wiggs of the … more →

Tags: Promotional Cookbooks, It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, The Social Whirl, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Snacks, Surreal Ingredients, Vegetable Matters, Retro Kitchen Shortcuts, Old Movies, TV and Theater

The Marshmallow Menagerie: Jumbo and Leo Edition

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: After this post, there will be three kinds of seagull, a dachshund and a giraffe. I believe that … more →

Tags: It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, The Social Whirl, Holiday Fare, True Confections, sugar sugar, 1960s cookbooks, cake decorations, candy, candy animals

Marshmallow Favors How-To, Part 3: Fifi the Poodle and Harry the Hippo — 1 comment

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: A poodle is the perfect critter to recreate in marshmallows - I love the mini marshmallows on her l … more →

Tags: Holiday Fare, It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, Stranded On A Dessert Island, sugar sugar, 1960s cookbooks, cake decorations, candy, Hippo, licorice

Wedgies and Whuffins — 3 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: More fun from the Betty Crocker Boys and Girls Cook Book (circa 1960). Boys and girls, how about a … more →

Tags: bake-off, Surreal Ingredients, Vegetable Matters, 1960s cookbooks, betty crocker, Cabbage, Cereal, Muffins, old Betty Crocker cookbooks

Face Up In The Cereal — 2 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: You know, sometimes you are really tired in the morning. So tired you could just put your face in t … more →

Tags: Breakfast Epiphanies, Surreal Ingredients, Fruit, Cereal, breakfast, 1960s cookbooks, Weird, betty crocker, weird retro recipes

Cupcakes Are Mandatory — 2 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: I love the bossy title of this booklet - Will You Bake Please? For heaven’s sake, get to it. … more →

Tags: Pretty Good Recipes, The Social Whirl, Piece of Cake, Canadian Fare, True Confections, baking, Desserts, macaroons, 1960s cookbooks

Cottage Cheese Séance — 3 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: A dinner party suggestion from Christina Foyle’s Party Book (1968). Is it a cocktail? Not rea … more →

Tags: British Fare, It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, Strange Salad Days, The Social Whirl, Tutti Frutti, 1960s british cookbooks, 1960s cookbooks, 1960s party guides, cottage cheese

A Sumptuous Pseudo-Scandinavian Treat — 3 comments

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: You learn something every day. Well, theoretically (I don’t, not necessarily. Depends on the … more →

Tags: It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Snacks, Surreal Ingredients, vintage, food as sculpture, Eggs, Snacks, olives, Appetizers

She Blinded Me With Jell-O

Lidian wrote 7 months ago: Here’s the perfect buffet-table dish for physics conferences. This is from Mary Margaret McBr … more →

Tags: old advertisements, It's My Party And I'll Serve What I Want To, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Snacks, Jello Central, The Mold of Fashion, vintage, old ads, 1960's food, Jell-O

"No Farther Away Than Your Can Opener!"

Lidian wrote 8 months ago: That’s how far away a good meal is, says the Better Homes and Gardens Casserole Cook Book (19 … more →

Tags: Sandwich Central, Secondary Sauces, The Main Course, 1960s cookbooks, Bread, cheese, devilled ham, food as sculpture, Funny

Rooibos Tea And A Good Book — 1 comment

Lidian wrote 8 months ago: Jenn over at The Thrift Shop Romantic has asked me to do a meme - and before you go any further, … more →

Tags: British Fare, Just My Cup Of Tea, Piece of Cake, 1960s cookbooks, African food, cake, Celestial Seasonings, Desserts, Flavored Teas

An Uplifting Beverage

Lidian wrote 9 months ago: Here is what your basic Glühwein ought to look like when you’re done with it - or it is done … more →

Tags: The Cocktail Lounge, Holidays, Retro, Cocktails, Drinks, Glühwein, glögg, Wine, Punch

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