by RetroRuth | Nov 30, 2011 | Beef, Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Main Dishes, The BEST
Are you exhausted from Thanksgiving, Readers?? I know I am! S,o here is a classic Mid-Century feast from our archives. This post originally ran on March 24, 2010, but features an amazing Cranberry Mayonnaise Cake that Tom and I loved and ate right down to the last...
by RetroRuth | May 11, 2011 | Beef
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, a fun feature where Tom and I make a mid-century recipe chosen from our vast collection of vintage cookbooks. This week we pulled a recipe from one of our “newer” books that we recently found for 10 cents at a recent rummage...
by RetroRuth | Jan 26, 2011 | Beef, Main Dishes, Pie
I hope I am not coming on too strong when I say there is nothing like a vintage Pillsbury Bake-Off Cookbook. Nothing. They are pretty much great from cover to cover. The awkward pictures. The hilarious food combinations. The desperate need to have “Mrs.” in front of...
by RetroRuth | Sep 22, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes, The WORST
Wow! We have a pretty funny recipe this week, and it includes Tom’s most hated of all ingredients: American Cheese. That’s right. The Man With The Iron Stomach can’t stand American Cheese! He is human after all, Folks. So this great recipe comes...
by RetroRuth | May 19, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed as I waive the wand of Mid-Century Magic over humble, (mostly) nutritional ingredients and turn them into something never before seen by man! What will the magic produce this time? A piece of...
by RetroRuth | May 5, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Man, nothing screams “Mid-Century Menu” like a cookbook that has a giant, rare, glistening meatloaf on the cover. And to top it off, it is Good Housekeeping’s Hamburger & Hot Dog Book, Novel Uses For America’s Favorite Meats! I love that...
