Beets. With a thick orange sauce on them. Yummmm. Or not. I like beets either pickled or roasted. I guess I’m a bit of a beet purist. My folks grew a variety of vegetables when I was growing up and beets were one of them – carrots, chard, spinach, onions, etc. Anyway, my mother … Continue reading
It always seems like when I plan ahead something comes up and I fall behind again! Here is the menu from Irene B. that I had planned to post for Lincoln’s Birthday, just a week late. I would imagine this to have been a more festive menu that the previous page of menus, of which … Continue reading
As teased recently, I am working on scanning a handwritten book from a girl’s trade school class, dated May 1921. The girl’s name was Irene B. and she had beautiful penmanship. We don’t put much thought into menus these days, do we? It seems like the only people who really consider what foods go together … Continue reading
I love the new look of the site! To celebrate, I’ll be bringing you a really exciting discovery – a handwritten girl’s trade school cookbook from the 1920s or 30s. It’s in terrible condition but I just couldn’t let it wind up in the trash heap. The book contains written instructions on everything from planning … Continue reading
There was a time when all my friends were trading around recipes for Neiman Marcus Cake, Mrs Field’s Cookies, Nordstrom’s cake, etc. Of course these all come with the basic story that someone went to the restaurant, liked the dish, asked for the recipe and was sent the recipe with the bill for some … Continue reading
Gram's Recipe Box 