by RetroRuth | Apr 9, 2012 | Lamb Cakes & Frostings, MCMenu Fun
Whew!! The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes has come to a close and was it ever fun! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed, commented and generally followed along as I worked my way from last year’s lamb cake disaster to finding my Grandmother’s lamb cake (the Renalde...
by RetroRuth | Apr 4, 2012 | MCMenu Fun, Vintage Cooking
Exciting news, guys! I am going to be on the radio! Tomorrow morning, (April 5th) I am going to be on the Joy Cardin show on Wisconsin Public Radio starting at 8:00 am Central Time for an hour chatting about vintage recipes, lamb cake and The Mid-Century Menu....
by RetroRuth | Mar 21, 2012 | Contests, Guest Bloggers, MCMenu Fun
Since this week’s Mid-Century Menu is made and posted already, I am kind of at a loss about what to talk to you about! I mean, if you haven’t read the post from the Mad Men Virtual Dinner Party, you should totally go back and do that. I made date nut bread from...
by RetroRuth | Feb 23, 2012 | MCMenu Fun
I was in The Wall Street Journal today with a mention of The Mid-Century Menu and some pictures of my annual Easter Lamb Cake! I am at the end of the awesome article Playing Kitchen Detective: Home Cooks Try to Recreate Family Recipes. My annual quest for the perfect...
by RetroRuth | Dec 7, 2011 | Vintage Cooking
Our friend Bryan at Kooky Chow has a sweet new cookbook out just in time for the holiday gift-giving season (hint, hint in-laws!). To celebrate this collection of cooking curiosities, Kooky Chow has this kooky … ahem… video. It’s super wicked awesome cool. Kooky...
by RetroRuth | Oct 26, 2011 | Contests, Fish, Main Dishes
So, there was a certain point during the testing of tuna recipes for our last contest that we became confused. Baffled. Stricken with bewilderment. And it came immediately on the heels of trying this recipe. But more on the confusion later. Right now, all you need to...
