Vintage Recipes

Crispy Baked Eggs

Louise Mellor shares a vintage recipe for Crispy Baked Eggs from The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook and discusses the 1959 culinary landscape. Read More

Thanksgiving, Lincoln and Pumpkin Pudding

Lincoln was the first president to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. Read the history and learn a historical recipe for Pumpkin Pudding from Lincoln’s lifetime. Read More

Cooking on a Ration – Nutty Sweet Potato Casserole

Imagine only being allowed a certain amount of meat per week… a world where sugar is precious and worth saving… where a coupon booklet is the golden ticket one needs to purchase the basics. Today, we don’t think twice about buying … Read More

Cary Grant’s Oven-Barbecued Chicken

Those of you who follow The History Kitchen regularly know I’m a “nerd” when it comes to food history. I’m also a big fan of the Silver Screen; I’m particularly fond of early Hollywood, silent pictures and cinematic classics. That’s … Read More

Halloween Devil’s Food Cupcakes

Vintage recipe for Devil’s Food Cake Cupcakes with Orange Buttercream Frosting- a historical Halloween holiday dessert tradition. Read More

Andersen’s Split Pea Soup

Vintage recipe for Andersen’s Split Pea Soup from Andersen’s Restaurant in Buellton, California. Family recipe. Vegan, Gluten Free, Healthy Read More

Fried Green Tomatoes

Learn to make easy southern fried green tomatoes from Fannie Flagg’s Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook. Read More

Andy’s Angel Food Cake – A Tribute to Andy Griffith

A vintage recipe from “Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook” – a simple chocolate-filled angel food cake with nuts and chocolate shavings. Read More

Cucumber Rye Tea Sandwiches from “The Help”

Learn a traditional Southern recipe from the Oscar nominated movie The Help – Cucumber Rye Tea Sandwiches. Appetizer, Finger Food, Kosher, Dairy. Read More

Pie Crust Pinwheels

Use the trimmings from your pie crust to make delicious cinnamon-sugar cookies – Pie Crust Pinwheels. Easy and kid-friendly vintage recipe. Read More

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

How to make an old fashioned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie thickened with tapioca. More strawberry, less rhubarb for just the right amount of tartness. Read More

Old Fashioned All-Butter Pie Crust

How to make an old fashioned all butter pie crust from scratch. Instructions for chilling dough, rolling out crust, fluting, and scalloping. Read More

Chocolate Icebox Pie

Learn to make Chocolate Icebox Pie topped with whipped cream and nuts from the vintage 1950′s cookbook, Recipes from Old Virginia. Kosher, Dairy Read More