At first I thought this recipe from Cross Country Cookery was for cookies. Then I read the recipe for Maids of Honor and figured out they were tarts. And THEN I researched a little and learned the history of these purely English tarts. I think the recipe below is missing one pretty important step. Instead…
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The German and Viennese Cookbook 1956
The German and Viennese Cookbook is a pamphlet from the Culinary Arts Institute and was published in 1956. It’s #120 in the “Cooking Magic” series. There were twenty-four pamphlets in this series, and I have two of them; I’ll show you the Italian Cook Book sometime later. The Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago was one…
Plains Pot Pourri Cookbook 1976
In 1976, Jimmy Carter was in between jobs: he had just ended a term as governor of Georgia and had not yet become the 39th President of the United States. The US was celebrating the bicentennial and the Plains Jr. Women’s Club in Carter’s hometown of Plains, GA jumped in on the celebration with Plains…
Carrot Cake with Pineapple and Coconut
One of my favorite things about running this blog is when people request recipes from the My Great Recipes collection. Sebrina wrote: Please please send me the carrot cake receipe with the pineapple & coconut. My card stuck to another cards and I pullrd the words off. Let me know if I need to purchase…
Strawberry Refrigerator Cake
Nothing like a yummy cake, right? Here’s a recipe for a strawberry cake from the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in the mid-1950s. Just make sure you’ve got an Angel Food Cake in the house first.