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Category: Food & Drink

The Everywoman’s Cookbook, 1922

March 20, 2022April 18, 2022 ~ KCK ~ Leave a comment

I've been exploring historical cookbooks, recipes, and menus for a few years now, and it's very interesting to see how cuisine has changed over the centuries. Some things, like having sweet and savory flavors together in a dish like medieval recipes often did, is something we should try to bring back, in my opinion, while … Continue reading The Everywoman’s Cookbook, 1922

Here’s How! A 1927 Up-Yours to Prohibition

March 17, 2022April 18, 2022 ~ KCK ~ Leave a comment

In 1926, Norman Hume Anthony, editor of Judge magazine and later of Life, chose to write a recipe book of mixed drinks. And because alcoholic beverages were illegal in the United States at this time, he wisely chose to pen this under "Judge Jr." Anthony seems to have been a very witty dude. In the … Continue reading Here’s How! A 1927 Up-Yours to Prohibition

What’s on the menu: United Airlines, September 2, 1928

February 26, 2022April 18, 2022 ~ KCK ~ Leave a comment

Quite a few posts here are going to be about food, featuring menus or recipes from the 1920s and early 1930s. Menus will usually be taken from the New York Public Library collection. It's a really fun site to look at old menus from as far back as the 1850s. I used to feature these … Continue reading What’s on the menu: United Airlines, September 2, 1928

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