Tag: vintage kitchen
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Revolutionary War Chicken
The First Reader and I were driving home Sunday Evening after a lovely visit with friends, and keeping each other awake on the long dark roads. One of the topics was food, naturally. We talked about planning the coming week’s menu (we rarely stick to it, but it’s helpful anyway). I suggested that when we…
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The Lady’s Cake
This is a recipe from Miss Parloa’s New Cook Book, published in 1880. It was the Gilded Age in the United States, and the height of the Victorian Era in the British Empire. Wabash, Indiana became the first city in the world lit by electric lights. Thomas Edison tests his electric railway in New Jersey.…
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Vintage Kitchen: Pumpkin Pie
I do love pumpkin pie. I always look forward to the fall, when I can make it, and tuck into it with all the delicious whipped cream… ok, these days I often skip that part, for reasons. But I rarely make it out of season, even though there is no real reason not to –…
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Vintage Kitchen: Glazed Honey Rolls
Welcome to the second week of Vintage Kitchen, where I’m making recipes from old cookbooks. Some of them are family heirlooms, some are not. This week, I pulled a recipe for breakfast out of the cookbook my Great-Grandma Ella left me when she passed away. The cookbook reminds me of her kitchen, and the things…