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14 Vintage Cocktails For Your New Year’s Eve Celebration!
Who’s ready to party? Well…it’s not us. We are staying in tonight, but to make up for that we are still going to whip up some fun vintage drinks! Since I was digging through the archives anyway, I thought I would bring you the top drinks from 2014 from Vintage...
Top 5 Worst Tested Vintage Recipes From 2014
It’s end of the year round-up time again! But before I bring you 2015, I thought I would bust out the worst of list for 2014. Enjoy! Oh guys, here it is! This is the worst stuff Tom and I made in 2014. Some of it was edible, some was only borderline bad, and some of...
Frosted Chocolate Drop Cookies, 1940 –A Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipe Test
This year I had a whole plateful of 1940’s cookies planned for testing. Unfortunately, seasonal sickness had other plans. Like it usually does in our house. After I got Alex on a round of antibiotics for her ear infection, I was hurriedly able to crank out one cookie...
The Toas-Tite and Toas-Tite tid bit Review – Plus Cobb Sandwich and Brownie Pie Bites Recipes!
This week Tom and I tested out the Toas-Tite and the Toas-Tite tid bit! This fun little sandwich maker, which I recently mentioned in an Astronaut Wives Club post, is a vintage, single sandwich maker that was created in 1945 and marketed by a company called...
The Food of Astronaut Wives Club Episode 10: “Landing” Part I – Behind the Scenes With Food Stylist Emily Marshall
After a long hiatus, welcome back to another week of food from behind the scenes of Astronauts Wives Club!!! This is Part I of Episode 10, another episode jam-packed with vintage food that is going to be split into two posts. This week we have gelatin, Pineapple...
Never-Fail Fudge – A Mid-Century Christmas Recipe Re-Run
Who needs an easy and delicious vintage fudge recipe for the holiday? This is one of my favorite candy recipes for Christmas and makes a fantastic addition to any cookie plate! This week we are posting a recipe that we know is an old favorite! This is Never-Fail...
12 Vintage Christmas Cookies For Your Holiday Plate!
The fantastic and furious Christmas season is upon us! I should feel guilty for busting out the cookies so early on you guys, but I really don’t. I am going to try to repost all of my favorite holiday treats this year so I can bring you some new tested treats before...
Vintage Thanksgiving Tested Recipe Roundup – Mid-Century Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Table!
The Big T-Day is almost upon us! Do you know what you’re making? I am publishing this week's post a bit early for this lovely holiday week just in case some of you need ideas for your Thanksgiving table. I've picked out some of the most delicious holiday recipes we've...
Mystery Pecan Pie, 1964 – A Vintage Thanksgiving Recipe Re-Run
I know, I know. I have re-run this recipe before, but this pie is just So. Dang. Good. Seriously! This recipe has everything. It is vintage, it has a little bit of magic (the ingredients re-arrange themselves in the oven) AND it tastes amazing. What more can you...
Vincent Price’s Pumpkin Pie – A Vintage Recipe Re-Run
This is it!! It’s the biggest eating season of the year! After we finish off all the Halloween candy in the house, it’s pretty much a gorge-fest until Valentine’s Day. And if you are going to eat four times your weight in food this holiday season, why not make it...
Crab Puffs – Vincent Price Treasury Cookalong
This week we have a very exciting recipe installment from the Master of Horror himself, Vincent Price. These are Crab Puffs! Bwahahahahah!!!! That’s…supposed to be an evil laugh. Not nearly as good as Vincent’s! Now, I know that Halloween was...
No-Fry Doughnuts, 1976 – A Vintage Halloween Recipe Re-Run
Happy Halloween! This year, your extra-special treat from me is the reposting of these no-knead, no-fry doughnuts. That’s right. Doughnuts that you can mix up in your mixer and bake in your oven. And they aren’t dense and cakey either. These are incredibly light and...
