Yup! This baby is enough to make any self-respecting Neapolitan grandmother turnover in her grave. What I really love about this card is the decorative touches. The cornucopia napkin theme, and the fancy pressed glasses for the cranberry juice. Would you be surprised to know that I have a complete set of those in my [...]

My grandmother cooked potatoes with every meal. She peeled russets with a small hardened steel paring knife. The parings were so thin you could almost see through them. When she thought I was old enough, she started teaching me how to peel potatoes. She said I left more in the sink than went in the [...]

Ah yes, stir-frying or “chow” cooking, as it is referred to in this handy recipe card, was all the rage in the 70’s. So exotic, so foreign, and such a damn fine reason to use that universal tasty seasoning, MSG. This particular card came with a bold faced “helpful hint” at the bottom, for those [...]

Soufflé. Such a delicate and sensitive dish, as we learned from Alice’s failed attempts to make one for the Brady clan. Now, I’m all for a good chocolate soufflé, but carrot?

Yeah, I know, veal is politically incorrect to eat – but it wasn’t back in the day. However the truly offensive part of this card is the three bean salad in the background – you so know those green beans are straight from a can! As always… please enjoy!

Ingredients
6 veal cutlets
½ cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ [...]

There are places in the world so inarguably beautiful that they become legendary. Americans may not know Peggys Cove by name – but if you’ve ever seen a picture of a lighthouse, you’ve probably seen Peggys Cove. It’s hard to believe that a place so photographed and visited hasn’t sprouted a Motel 6 and an [...]

Another winner from my collection! Of course, the blue gingham tablecloth and matching serving dishes are fab, but what I really love about this recipe cards are the spice bottles in the background with the fab frontier font labels. That none of those spices are included in this dish matters not. I also like that [...]

::Editor’s Note: I will be out of town eating my way up the Eastern Seaboard this weekend. As a special Memorial Day gift, I’m leaving you with one of the most disgusting vintage recipe cards I’ve ever seen Surly post. Enjoy and be safe out there!::

Ingredients
3 pounds halibut steaks
1 tablespoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
Juice of 3 [...]

A truly entertaining vintage meal, complete with dancing poultry, pineapple spears, and questionable spherical objects that could be grapes, olives, or marbles.

Ingredients
3 1½ to 2 pound broiling chickens, split in half
1 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ cup Sherry wine
½ teaspoon ground ginger or 1 wedge fresh ginger, smashed
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoons honey
Directions
Lay chickens [...]

Gourmet adventures in bad food photography from the 1970’s.

Ingredients
2 acorn squash (1 pound each)
½ teaspoon salt
2 apple, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
½ cup broken cheese crackers
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts
4 pecan or walnut halves for garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°. Cut [...]