Vintage food

Artist Elrod said she focuses on gelatin because it’s "the perfect combination of whimsy and nostalgia."

adelphe: Good Housekeeping’s Picture Recipe Book, 1953

The hours of daylight are drawing shorter, sunshine take longer to awaken in the morning, and dew - soon to be frost - hangs heavy on each...

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Last week I cooked 1950s dinners. It was an interesting experiment so I thought I'd share a bit about what I learned from our vintage 1950s menu.

Sleepy Hollow Syrup ad “Family Circle Magazine” March 1954

Ray Kroc's first franchise opened 60 years ago, on April 15, 1955

This past week has been a bit of a bumpy ride for me as a result of the routine medical procedure (mentioned here) that I had at the hospital last Monday. I have a follow-up doctor's appointment later this week to find out more about how it went and what the next course of action will be in regards to the particular chronic illness of mine that such was for, and that's weighing on my mind a fair bit at the moment. I'm always an optimist though, and after fourteen years of being a multiple…

Created in a test kitchen in 1929, the Libby's Pumpkin Pie Recipe created by Mary Hale Martin is still the classic no fail recipe that most use today. The recipe has been on the can label continuously since the 1920s, with a very few small changes. Read more of the history below [and see some of the vintage labels and ads] but first, here's the recipe: The Libby's Pumpkin Pie Recipe: Ingredients 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust 3/4 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2…

Ad for Jell-O, with the same girl as in -1918A smiling enigmatically as she contemplates six elaborate Jello desserts you can make. Published in the May, 1919...