Monthly Archives: June 2014

What a Difference a Century Makes! 1914 – 2014

Posted on June 29, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Sick Feeling Blues” from Remember Me by Lightnin’ Hopkins. Released: 2000 Back on August 23rd, 2013, I posted “Invalid Cookery – Feeding The Sick”. So many of my older cookbooks, predating 1940, feature … Continue reading →

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Making Fragrant Lemon Flavoured Olive Oil

Posted on June 23, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Lemon Tree (Album Version)” from Greatest Hits (US Release) by Trini Lopez. Released: 2005 In my recent quest to cook with salts from around the globe, I have also been trying a variety … Continue reading →

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Baking Bread with a Banneton

Posted on June 20, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Smell That Bread” from Wild, Free and Reckless by Wayne Hancock. Released: 1999 I was recently fortunate to come across yet another book by Linda West Eckhardt and Diana Collingwood Butts, authors of … Continue reading →

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Kids Cooking Today – No More Open-a-Soup-Can-and-Add-Water!

Posted on June 17, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC “We’re The Kids In The Kitchen” from On Top Of Spaghetti by Juice Music. Released: 2008 When I was growing up, I don’t remember my Mom spending long hours with me, teaching me cooking skills … Continue reading →

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Great Caesar’s Ghost! A 500 Item Buffet!

Posted on June 12, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Luck Be A Lady (Live At The Sands, Las Vegas/1966)” from Vegas by Frank Sinatra If you’re my age, you might remember the “Superman” TV series featuring the “Chief” of that great Metropolis … Continue reading →

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Serendipity, Spores and Savoury Stuff

Posted on June 10, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Penicillin Boogie” from Tuitti Fruitti by Slim Gaillard. Released: 2010. We’ve all had the experience of finding a plastic container, retrieved from the far reaches of the refrigerator and reeling in disgust upon … Continue reading →

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Firehouse Cooking – Some Like it Hot!

Posted on June 8, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Fighting 17th” from Backdraft [Silver Screen Edition] by Hans Zimmer. Released: 2005 Every so often I come across a cookbook featuring recipes from firefighters around the nation. It seems like firehouse cooking (and … Continue reading →

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100 Million Chinese Food Cartons per Year!

Posted on June 3, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “New York, New York” from New York, New York by Frank Sinatra. Released: 2008. Here’s the trivia quiz: in what city are 100 million Chinese food cartons used annually? Which city has more … Continue reading →

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