Here’s how to have a festive 4th of July with a vintage vibe!
Here are some fun ideas and recipes to give your July 4th holiday a truly retro vibe, plus a look back at the history of Independence Day!
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Thanksgiving dinner recipes from the Colonial days, as described in 1902
What was Thanksgiving dinner like in the Colonial days? Find out how to make roast turkey with pumpkin sauce, Georgia potatoes, succotash, election cake and other classic dishes
20 traditional homemade mincemeat recipes, including old-fashioned mince pies
Here are 20 classic mincemeat recipes (used to make the holiday favorite, mince pie) – as remembered through the decades by chefs, cookbook authors, in newspapers and family cookbooks.
15 real old-fashioned eggnog recipes – including how to make a proper Southern egg-nog
Old-fashioned eggnog recipes come in many varieties, so here are more than a dozen – though definitely take a look at the traditional Southern egg nog how-to, which will apparently allow the spirit of Christmas to descend upon you.
20 old-fashioned cake recipes from the turn of the century
1. European Sponge Cake Beat fourteen eggs and one pound of fine sugar well in a kettle, then set in a hot water bath and beat until
16 fruity, boozy classic cordial & liqueur recipes
Try one or more of these classic cordial recipes – featuring cherries, raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants, oranges and peaches – and create yourself a rainbow of fruit flavor liqueurs the old-fashioned way!
18 classic chocolate cake recipes (1911)
If you’re looking for a decadent heirloom dessert, here are 18 old-fashioned and deliciously classic chocolate cake recipes to inspire you!
Make old-fashioned spiced peaches & homemade preserves with these vintage recipes
If you think peach jam is good, wait until you try these vintage recipes for homemade sweet, warmly-flavored spiced peaches and preserves made from fresh peaches.
24 delicious old-fashioned recipes for bananas (1907)
Here are two dozen delicious (and often unique) ways to serve bananas — try one or more of these recipes for a taste of life back more than 100 years ago!
40 sandwich recipes made with fish & seafood (1909)
Sandwiches are the chief reliance for any sort of cold lunches, and should be daintily made of the best ingredients. Whether for a picnic, work lunch or to serve at a luncheon at home, here are 40 sandwich recipes using fish and seafood.
One bowl brownies recipe (1994)
One bowl brownies! Finally, a scrumptious homemade brownie that’s easy, made with Baker’s chocolate and Diamond walnuts.
6 classic chocolate souffle recipes from the early 1900s
Here are six different ways to make authentic old-fashioned chocolate souffle desserts, based on recipes from more than 100 years ago!
How to make mashed potato cake: Old-fashioned caramel, chocolate & spice cake recipes
For decades, cakes using plain mashed potatoes as a main ingredient were very popular — probably in part because a mashed potato cake stayed moist longer than traditional all-flour cakes.
5 ways to make buckwheat pancakes the real old-fashioned way
Buckwheat pancakes made of pure buckwheat are best, but as some do not like the distinct flavor of the grain, here’s a variety of old-fashioned recipes.
Strawberry meringue pudding & strawberry meringue cake recipes
These two delicious strawberry meringue dessert recipes come from around a hundred years ago, and beat anything out of a box you can get today.
How to make coffee the old-fashioned way, like they did in the 1900s
Considering that we nearly all drink it, why is it that we so seldom get a good cup of coffee?
Classic crème caramel & homemade chocolate cream custard (1911)
Delicious custards How to make one kind with caramel — plus a recipe for chocolate cream custard Caramel custard recipe (creme caramel) Put a cupful of granulated sugar
A collection of classic Christmas candy & chocolate recipes from the early 1900s
What would Christmas be to the children — or even the grownups — without some of the special candies and good things appropriate to the holiday season?
