Vintage recipes
Cafe frappe & chocolate frappe recipes (1896)

Old-fashioned cafe frappe & chocolate frappe recipes

You can think of these Victorian chocolate and coffee frappe recipes as precursors to Starbucks’ Frappuccino. You can even combine a couple and make an icy mocha frap of your own, courtesy of these recipes from the 19th century!

Refreshing Classic Tom Collins Cocktail

5 classic Tom Collins cocktail recipes

A Tom Collins isn’t a drink just named after some guy, somewhere. Find out the story of ‘Have you seen Tom Collins?’ – and get recipes for four original, old-fashioned versions of the Tom Collins cocktail.

Old-fashioned cooking measurements and equivalents - Cups teaspoons more

Old-fashioned cooking measurements & equivalents

While today we use standardized measuring spoons and cup measures, you may find vintage recipes with outdated terminology. Here’s a handy guide to dozens of old-fashioned cooking measurements, and their modern-day equivalents!