Chicken Breasts in Red Wine (Jane Kelley)

This sounds like a simple spin on an Italian style dish. There can never be too many ways to prepare chicken. It’s nutritious and low in fat, as well as going well in many styles of cooking. I don’t know the vintage of this recipe, so it could possibly intend for you to use bone … Continue reading

Green Noodle Salad (Jane Kelley)

Thanks to Jane Kelley, you will soon be able to feed a large group! I did not know Jane, but she left a rather beautiful recipe box behind and I managed to find it at a curio shop. It’s larger than a standard recipe box, solid maple with dovetailed corners, and “Recipes” on the front … Continue reading

Happy Blog-iversary, Gram’s!

A little over a year ago I received the gift of my grandmother’s recipe box, which turned itself into this site. March 21st marks the day I launched Gram’s Recipe Box, and shortly thereafter I registered the domain name, making this more than just another vintage recipe blog. I’ve seen other sites pick up on … Continue reading

More 1-2-3 Pastry

Sometimes old recipe collections can be hit or miss, and in this instance there are some hits, some clear misses and some question marks. This scan is the back side of the previous 1-2-3 Pastry sheet from the Gold Medal Flour 10 pound bag. You can see at the lower edge where the coupons and … Continue reading

1-2-3 Pastry

No tedious sifting, friends, just dip a dry (did you hear that? DRY!) nested measuring cup into the bag of flour. What’s that? You need several cups of flour and would like to use something other than a dry nested measuring cup? I don’t know…Betty, what say you? Betty? Are you there? First question, who … Continue reading