How to make a classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake with red & green gelatin (1980s)
Even a white Christmas should have a rainbow, so here’s how to make a vintage holiday dessert: classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake!
Vintage food & drink
Pop culture: Vintage diet sodas from the ’80s, like Dr Pepper, Sprite, Diet Coke & Fresca
Vintage diet sodas became all the rage in the ’80s when Nutrasweet (aspartame) was a new sugar-free replacement for saccharine.
Easy Baked Alaska with strawberry or peppermint ice cream (1972)
Does this Easy Baked Alaska recipe look hard? It’s not. Look delicious? It is. Now you can bake, freeze and serve from the same pan.
Frosty pineapple pie recipe (1953)
This recipe from the 1950s for frosty pineapple pie is super easy to make, and doesn’t need any special ingredients. Best of all, the recipe can be easily adapted to make other kinds of delicious fruity pies!
German chocolate cream cheese brownies
Blend sweet chocolate with crunchy nuts, velvety cream cheese, and get classic German chocolate cream cheese brownies. Moist. Delicious. Bake them, and break the plain old brownie habit. Here’s how!
How to make fancy hot dog shapes, plus retro ways to stuff your franks from the ’70s
Hot dog shapes turn plain food into party fare – and fun! Here’s how to make your hot dog turn into a fun edible treat, plus ways to stuff them with cheese and other wonderful stuff.
Red, white & blueberry delight fruity marshmallow dessert (1976)
Hail the red, white and blueberry for a simple summer dessert that’s frozen fantastic. Hurray for the magic of Eagle Brand! It’s the secret to this frosty new
7 icy Kahlua drinks: White Russian, colada, cream soda & more
Even if you can’t escape to the seashore, serve one or more of these cool and delicious Kahlua drinks at your next party for a taste of the tropics.
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-Minute Fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-minute fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes that you can make at home even today!
Vintage workout & diet from Elizabeth Arden to slim for summer (1964)
Exercises to take off inches, and diet to drop off pounds – this program was planned for the readers of Woman’s Day by the famous beauty expert Elizabeth Arden.
Sunday Dinner recipes: That’s Italian! (1974)
In an Italian home, Sunday Dinner is not just a meal, it’s an experience. The table is laden with good things to eat. And everyone is welcome to pull up a chair.
Remember Crisp-i-Taters – French-fry shaped potato chips from the 70s?
Crisp-i-Taters: A retro potato snack from General Mills. After these, French fries and potato chips would never seem the same again.
Two easy classic Chicken Cacciatora recipes (1962)
Chicken Cacciatora is also known as ‘Chicken Hunter Style’ – the literal translation of ‘Pollo alla Cacciatora.’ Get two classic recipes for this dish here!
23 different old-fashioned ways to top your toast (1912)
Here are 23 recipes for different ways to prepare toast – spreads, toppings, cooking techniques and more – for toasted bread, from 1912.
It’s time for retro appetizers in fun shapes! Get these Cheddar-sherry, ham spread & cream cheese spread recipes (1968)
What were these cheesy cheese spread recipes all about? They were appetizers and snacks that creatively-shaped — into a wreath, a chicken (with a tail made out of Fritos corn chips) and a Christmas tree.
Quick apple coffee cake: A classic breakfast recipe from the ’70s
Sweet delight – this quick apple coffee cake: A classic recipe from the ’70s is a golden cake dotted with raisins topped with sliced apple and brushed with apple-jelly glaze,
Green Angel Lime Cake recipe (1978)
This Green Angel Lime Cake recipe is based on angel food cake, but gets a little extra zip from the addition of green lime flavor Jello – then the whole thing is slathered in a light fluffy fruit-flavored frosting.
Make ahead fruit salad with cling peaches & Miracle Whip (1962)
Look what YOU can do with cling peaches and Miracle Whip! With such perfect partners in the pantry, you can make any number of tempting salad combinations.
3 amazing homemade fudge recipes, minus the chocolate (1970)
Caramel! Maple! Buttermilk! When there are such amazing flavors that can be made into homemade fudge candy, why does chocolate fudge always grab the attention?
Mangia! 10 magnificent classic meatball recipes (1970s)
Versatile meatballs have become one of the most often served and enjoyed — foods on American tables. Get 10 recipes for these family favorites here!
41 classic egg recipes (1912)
Think you know just about every way to prepare eggs? We bet that at least a couple of the recipes in this collection from 1912 will be new to you. Take a look!
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!
Onion side dish recipes: Potato au gratin, Creamed with peas, Stuffed with spinach & bacon (1973)
Try these three delicious onion side dish recipes: Onion, carrot and potato au gratin, herbed creamed onions and peas, and stuffed onions with spinach and bacon.
42 interesting popcorn recipes you have probably never tried
Popcorn pie? Macaroni and popcorn? Popcorn omelet? If you thought popcorn balls and cheesy popcorn was the limit of corny creativity, you were wrong. Here are 42 popcorn recipes to try.
Warm yourself up with these winter rum drinks (1971)
When the outside of you is cold, the inside of you likes something that makes you warm. And winter rum drinks are some of the very beverages that warm you when you are cold, just as rum can cool you when you are warm.
4 good old-fashioned Apple Brown Betty recipes
Here are four classic Apple Brown Betty recipes – that’s the name of a delicious old-fashioned dessert made with apples topped by sweet spiced crumbs.
What was a Victorian Christmas dinner like? Take a look back at some traditional dishes served back in 1893
While we can imagine a Christmas without snow and without presents, it’s almost impossible to envision the holiday without the main meal. Here’s what a traditional Victorian Christmas dinner was like.
Swedish heirloom cookies (1956)
Swedish heirloom cookies: Bake them now, pop them in the freezer, and serve any time! Extra delicious munching for everyone, these spicy little goodnesses!
Homemade candy recipes for Christmas: Opera nut creams & crystallized nuts from 1981
This Christmas, give a gift that won’t last — try these two delicious homemade candy recipes for opera nut creams & sweet crystallized nuts.
So retro! A cold glazed baked ham with pimiento flowers (1965)
This retro recipe for a cold glazed baked ham is coated with a version of chaud droid, then decorated with pimiento, green pepper and olives.
Have a sweet Christmas with these green Rice Krispies wreath treats (1990s)
Looking for some fun food to share this Christmas? Don’t be square! It’s easy to make Kellogg’s Rice Krispies wreath treats. Here’s a classic recipe.
Snowman desserts: Fun vintage Christmas treats from the ’60s
Find out how to make an assortment of jolly snowman desserts with these retro recipes: two made of cake, one of popcorn, the others cookie dough.
Holiday ribbon ring: A vintage Christmas Jell-O mold recipe (1987)
This vintage Christmas-themed molded Jell-O ring in red and green colors will help make the season bright!
3 decadent vintage holiday desserts: Apple crunch cake, pumpkin cream pie & luscious pecan pie
Delicious vintage holiday desserts are as easy as pie! Get recipes for old-fashioned apple crunch cake, pumpkin cream pie delight & luscious pecan pie.
Have yourself a little tomato soup fruitcake for a very retro Christmas (1960s)
Here’s a recipe for a surprise holiday cake! It’s a tomato soup fruitcake that you make it with Campbell’s tomato soup. Get the retro recipe right here.
Thanksgiving dinner: How to carve turkey step-by-step, plus illustrations
That amazing turkey dinner is going to need carving, so why not learn how to do it right? Here are some easy tips for how to carve turkey that you can keep in mind this Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday!
11 of the best old-fashioned green bean casserole recipes from the ’50s, ’60s & ’70s
Take a look at a few of the many ways the recipe for a Thanksgiving staple – the old-fashioned green bean casserole – has been made over the years.
Serve a ’70s style retro Cranberry Wobbler gelatin mold this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, when they come home for turkey dinner, give your dinner some bounce – a retro Cranberry Wobbler gelatin mold for a holiday side dish!
Jell-O Salad Gelatin: Would you eat jello in celery & mixed vegetable flavors? (1964)
Jell-O salad gelatin came in two flavors, celery or mixed vegetable, and both savory salad gelatin mixes made to be a base for vegetables and meats.
Philly cheese bells: The perfect retro appetizer for your Christmas party
Philly cheese bells are a shaped creamy cheese spread made from Philadelphia Brand cream cheese and spreadable Cracker Barrel cold pack cheese food.
A baker’s dozen delightfully delicious vintage pecan pie recipes
In addition to traditional pecan pie recipes, we have vintage variations with delicious extras like caramel, chocolate, coconut, butterscotch, coffee and bourbon.
Vintage Libby’s pumpkin recipes: Pump-Cream Parfait, Pumpcakes & Chiffon-Pump Pie (1972)
Get three retro pumpkin dessert recipes from the ’70s — including an easy no-bake pumpkin pie and delicious pumpkin muffins!
Light, creamy and fluffy pumpkin pies: Two new old-fashioned no-bake pies to try for Thanksgiving (1970s)
What’s new about these old-fashioned no-bake Thanksgiving pie recipes? They make a light and creamy and fluffy pumpkin pies, because they’re made with delicious non-dairy Cool Whip.
Thanksgiving & peaceful feelings… smoking Camel cigarettes for good digestion? (1920s & 1930s)
Camel cigarettes at Thanksgiving? You enjoy food more — have a feeling of ease after eating when you smoke Camels between courses and after meals.
7 chocolatey holiday cookie recipes from the 80s
Get seven holiday cookie recipes from the ’80s: Chocolate chip squares, Mocha shortbread cookies, Chocolate almond macaroons, Butterscotch apple cookies, Butterscotch bars, Chocolate-dipped brandy snaps & Snowballs
How to make a classic marshmallow pumpkin pie (1958)
This prize-winning recipe uses pumpkin combined with marshmallows to create a heavenly pie that makes for a deliciously light and fluffy Thanksgiving dessert!
Retro Reese’s cookies recipe from the 80s
Think chocolate chip cookies are your family’s favorite? You’re half right. Introducing Reese’s cookies: Chocolate chips and peanut butter chips… irresistible.
Two classic apple butter pumpkin pie recipes from the ’70s
The Thanksgiving classic gets a kick from apple goodness in these two delicious classic apple butter pumpkin pie recipes from the ’70s.
Anyone for radioactive food? You could get it with this X-radium cookware – a mind-blowingly bad product idea from 1905
Back when radium was first discovered, people loved that it was new and cool and it glowed… so companies decided to put it into a variety of products, like this radioactive X-radium cookware. Yeah, that was a bad idea.
Fruits Royal Hawaiian: A carved pineapple basket with fruit salad inside (1965)
Back in the ’60s, they called this recipe Fruits Royal Hawaiian — a easy-to-carve pineapple basket filled with a luscious fresh fruit salad. Get the how-to here!
Retro dinner recipe: Lamb chops with peas confetti (1965)
Serve seasoned and piped mashed potatoes and green peas confetti alongside lamb chops or pork chops for a delicious dinner!
A gooey, chocolatey fudge batter pudding recipe from 1950 – because ‘Men like puddings’
When baked, this fudge batter pudding has a chocolate sauce on the bottom and the top of the cake. There are also four variations of this chocolate dessert recipe to try!
Jell-O Rainbow poke cake recipe (1982)
What will you find at the end of the rainbow? More smiles than ever. Here’s an easy recipe for a fun and fruity rainbow poke cake you can make with your favorite Jell-o flavors!
Happy jack-o’-lantern Halloween decorations you can carve (1959)
When jack-o’-lantern carving time rolls around, conjure up your own designs, or try one of these that use pumpkins or squash!
Holiday pumpkin pie recipe: Quick homemade pie you make with a blender (1967)
Holiday pumpkin pie… homemade in a minute with Knox and your blender. Quick as a mix to fix — but there’s nothing artificial about it.
How to make real classic strawberry shortcake
These two classic strawberry shortcake recipes come from the early 20th century, when fresh strawberries were often saved for special desserts like these.
Buttermilk spice cake & Burnt sugar cake recipes (1972)
Get the recipes for two classic desserts: a buttermilk spice cake with penuche icing, and a delicious burnt sugar cake.
Easy, saucy spaghetti recipes from the noodle’s ’60s & ’70s heyday
Family dinner or special party dish? Spaghetti is one of the few foods with special virtues that serves either occasion. There’s nothing like a good spaghetti recipe for bringing fame to a hostess.
How to make a “Hallo Witch” Halloween cake (1958)
For Halloween party fun, make a Hallo Witch Halloween cake! You don’t need any special pans — just cut a square cake as shown, then frost.
Hello Halloween! Party food & fun for teens (1963)
Teen guests will swing at a party of food, fun and favors that a young hostess can make herself. Greet your invited ghosts and goblins with a Halloween party!
Good cod: 35 classic ways to cook cod fish (1908)
Here are 35 different classic recipes to prepare one of the most popular types of fish: cod.
Classic cookie bars: Chunky chocolate cookie squares (1987)
Temptation squared: Classic cookie bars recipe from 1987
Make a pineapple treasure chest salad with mayonnaise from 1960 for a very… unique… centerpiece
Here’s a creative pineapple treasure chest filled with a delicious fresh fruit salad. It’s easy to make this stunning party centerpiece! Here’s how you can do it.
2 ways to make Cheery Cherry Coke Salad with gelatin (1960s)
Here’s a retro recipe for a zippy molded gelatin-based salad that has a jewel-like appearance. It’s a Cherry Coke Salad – and yes, that means it has 2 cups of Coca-Cola in it, too.
Two classic cranberry-nut coffee cake recipes – just like they used to make for a weekend breakfast
As this cranberry-nut coffee cake is removed, warm and fragrant, from the oven, it’s just about the most tempting cake one can find. It also makes a good dessert for a family dinner.
Fancy fruit & veg! Do-it-yourself garnishes (1965)
Garnishes can also be an integral part of a dish. What could be prettier than a carrot larkspur, a turnip narcissus, or a cucumber lily? Or a rose, that by any other name, is a radish, lemon, lime, or tomato?
Try these two ’80s-style cherry coffee cake recipes
Try these two retro cherry coffee cake recipe from the eighties – cherry swirl cake and a holiday cherry coffee cake, which is especially popular at Christmas.
20 frosted party sandwich loaf recipes to make… or avoid
Nothing says ‘luncheon’ like an old-fashioned frosted party sandwich loaf! And they’re so darn pretty, they can even do double-duty as lunch table centerpieces.
Tappan Time Machines for your kitchen (1960s)
If you don’t have enough time, maybe you don’t have enough Tappan Time Machines! See some time-saving new kitchen appliances for women who have more to do than cook food and wash dishes.
26 ways to serve an old favorite: Hot dogs
Ideas for more than 20 vintage recipes for hot dogs, including Pronto dogs, Frank-roll slices, hotdog boats, hot dog-bacon roll-ups, franks in blankets, Snappy frank-cheese rolls and lots more. Check ’em out!
Holiday hostess tree! A retro-style Christmas tree with meat ornaments (1961)
Trimmed with good-to-eat Oscar Mayer tidbits stuck on with cocktail picks, this Christmas tree with meat ornaments is sure to be the center of attraction at any holiday buffet.
Two ways to make savory souffle salads with Jello! (1953)
If you’re a salad-lover, but you’ve run out of new salad ideas, this will be the best news you’ve read in years! It’s a completely new kind of salad. One that wins applause — especially from men — like no other salad you ever served!
4 ways to enjoy franks and beans
Here’s an honest-to-goodness family meal that tastes like a Sunday treat — franks and beans. Here are four ways to serve them, including a franks ‘n’ beans casserole.
Summertime is the time for tall, cool rum drinks (1971)
For the boat, the beach, around the pool, or just a quiet drink on the porch, you’re invited you to try these summer rum drinks! Salud!
These delicious & clever retro party sandwiches are edible masterpieces from the 1950s & 60s
Bite into the past with these playful party sandwiches from yesteryear. Pretty and appealing, they make for lots of conversation at lunch!
How to decorate a party house-shaped cake (1956)
You’ll be the cleverest hostess at any party, year ’round when you bake a cake that looks like a house, a church, a barn or a school.
Delicious old-fashioned frosting recipes for homemade cakes & cupcakes
Cakes look custom-made when they’re frosted Frosting on the cake has come to mean an extra frippery or frivolity — something not necessary, but certainly enchanting. Nowhere
Sweet! Old-fashioned sugar cookie recipes
Back in 1971, a California newspaper asked readers to submit their best sugar cookie recipes. Most of the cookies were made with tried-and-true vintage recipes, passed down from generation to generation. Here are 8 of the best!
Classic cookie recipes from the ’30s
To lots of folks, the Christmas season starts when they begin to make classic cookie recipes, when people spend many hours making sweet, fruity, spicy and nutty cookies that are relished by young and old.
How to make a cute circus train cake (1972)
This circus train makes a perfect birthday cake for a child! After you bake and frost this fun cake, let the kids decorate their own ‘cars.’
The best way to make a cake from scratch: Easy tips & checklists from the cake-baking masters of the 50s
Turns out the majority of baking techniques our great-grandparents used to make a cake from scratch still apply today.
Yum, Yum Bumble Bee Tuna in the ’70s
From the late 1970s: Bumble Bee. You can tell it’s the freshest-tasting tuna. And you know something? Kids can tell, too.
Pumpkin Dutch Apple pie recipe (1994)
Here’s a little tasty twist on the classic Thanksgiving dessert: Pumpkin Dutch Apple pie, featuring several of the season’s best flavors!
These 4 old-fashioned New Year’s cake recipes are so simple and delicious: Cocoa marble, orange & more (1950)
A New Year wish you can make come true! To bake the most luscious New Year’s cakes you ever tasted, follow these four easy recipes from the ’50s.
6 classic lamb recipes: Broiled, baked, browned & beyond (1969)
Here are six classic lamb recipes — including those broiled, baked or browned in a skillet — and given that extra touch that makes for a main course with guest appeal!
Truffles, torte, PB&J pie & banana pudding: Vintage cream cheese-based dessert recipes (1985)
Recipes for Philly Pleasures: Truffles, torte, PB&J pie & banana pudding These luscious new recipes all begin with Philadelphia Brand cream cheese, which actually has half the calories
Aspics without ado (1966)
To make a dazzling display at any dinner or lunch, serve a shimmery, splendorous aspic. (What’s an aspic? A savory, rather than sweet, gelatin encasing meats, fish,
Date-walnut double decker bar cookie recipe (1972)
This delicious date-walnut double decker bar cookie has a buttery, pastry layer topped by a moist, chewy layer filled with dates and walnuts. Find out why it’s been a favorite since the ’70s!
Use your fingers or a fork? Dining table etiquette tips from the ’20s
What can you eat with your fingers? What needs a fork? Get the answers to these and other questions with etiquette tips from the ’20s!
Mince parfait pie & Date nut parfait pie (1952)
This delicious mince parfait pie is a twist on the old-fashioned favorite, mince pie. These holiday parfait pies are so beautiful, and so easy!
Cranberry Christmas canes & cinnamon apple canes (1963)
Cranberry Christmas Canes cookie recipe Mmmm! Tender flaky cookie-buns crammed with cranberries, raisins, honey, nuts… bake ’em easy with Fleischmann’s Yeast and this new no-kneading no-rising refrigerator
Caramel apple cheesecake recipe (1998)
Give Uncle Ed a reason to stay awake after his Thanksgiving turkey dinner Caramel apple cheesecake >> You might also like: Libby’s famous pumpkin pie recipe (1987)
Easy ‘square dance’ retro checkerboard cake (1950)
This easy cake with a cute retro checkerboard cake is shown here in pink and yellow, but you could make it with any two-color combination
Try pumpkin cake instead of pie for Thanksgiving (1948)
A wonderful twist on Thanksgiving tradition — a light, appetizing treat from the forties – pumpkin cake!
Try this nutty golden harvest pumpkin pie recipe from 1959
This nutty classic dessert recipe – a retro golden harvest pumpkin pie – is made the way grandma used to make it back in the fifties. Take a look!
Pumpkin chiffon honey pie: A vintage recipe for a light no-bake pumpkin pie sweetened with honey (1948)
Your guests will hope for more as they taste the super-goodness that honey brings to this glorified pumpkin pie — the pumpkin chiffon honey pie.
Old-fashioned banana cream pie made with powdered milk (1956)
Never before a banana cream pie so light, so tender. Light in calories, too. The secret is ‘Magic Crystals’ that burst into fresh milk flavor, without heavy fat.
Try these 3 prize-winning orange cake recipes (1964)
Here are the top 3 prizewinning recipes from the All-Florida Orange Dessert Contest in 1964: Orange sunburst cheesecake, Orange loaf cake & Orange party cake.
