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Peter Pan Peanut Butter
When I was a kid, creamy Peter Pan was our peanut butter of choice. So when I found this booklet at a second-hand bookstore, I was excited. Like many school children of my…
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Sucaryl
Happy Halloween! On a day when children are going to be loaded with sugar, I thought it would be fun to take a trip into the spooky world of sugar substitutes. Many sugar…
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The Washington Apple
Found these on my doorstep when I got home from work last night. It’s real! Now available from University of Oklahoma Press or your favorite online bookseller.
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Orange Jooj
I was researching a post on peanut butter (coming soon!) when I came across this ad. Of course I had to find out more. Soda fountains were very popular in the nineteenth century,…
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The Worst Vintage Recipe Ever?
This week, I may have stumbled across the worst vintage recipe ever. Meet my newest cookbook Better Homes & Gardens Snacks and Refreshments. This is number four of an eight-part “Creative Cooking Library”…
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Cherries and War Time Nutrition
We’re wrapping up cherry season here in the Northwest, and my neighbors kindly shared the bounty of their tree. Here’s my haul. Most of the cherries went into the freezer, but since I…
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Happy Pi Day!
In honor of Pi Day, here is a recipe from 60 Praise Winning Pastries by Martha Meade. This book was published in 1936 by the Sperry Flour Company. Consumers could obtain the book…
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The Wonder of Wonder Bread
Today’s cookbook is a souvenir Wonder Bread pamphlet from the 1934 World’s Fair. When I was a kid, I was always a bit envious of people who ate Wonder Bread. My mom usually…
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Cheesecake and Spies
A few months ago, amid news of a national cream cheese shortage, Kraft offered consumers $20 as reimbursement for making a non-cream cheese dessert. I don’t know how many people took Kraft up…
