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!

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.

Pride O’Pumpkin cake will spice up your autumn (1953)

This Pride O’Pumpkin cake is a real holiday cake… fragrant with spices… crunchy with tender-sweet nuts. Get the retro recipe from the ’50s here!

Vintage Sunbeam Hot Shot hot beverage makers from the ’70s

These vintage Sunbeam Hot Shot kitchen accessories made hot water for tea, hot chocolate, coffee – and were promoted by actress Shirley Jones.

Frightfully fun-to-make Halloween treats (1998)

CBK Halloween cookies recipe During the festive trick-or-treat season, Cynthia Bruce Kramer watches her sweet and spooky Halloween cookies fly off the shelves. Now you can get

Easy, colorful Jello desserts: Fruity heaven, Berry banana & Fruit float (1985)

Go bananas! With oranges, peaches, pears & Jell-O gelatin Go ahead. Whip up something delicious. With the perfect twosome. Jello brand gelatin and fruit. They’re easy to

Banana-marshmallow pie recipe (1963)

Banana Mallow Pie Made with the world’s only “instant” meringue! You make it good and easy with Kraft miniature marshmallows — the good kind that stay soft

Chocolate-peanut cream cake recipe (1939)

Just try this moist-keeping Peanut Cream Cake, rich with Baker’s Chocolate Was it you we heard wishing for a summer cake recipe? We know you’ll like this

Marshmallow fudge cake & Chocolate marshmallow cake recipes

Campfire marshmallow fudge cake (1925) 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups sugar 4 squares bitter chocolate, melted 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2

Chocolate orange cream pie recipe (1938)

“I got love and kisses for my Chocolate Orange Cream Pie!” “And I owe it all to Aunt Hetty’s sharp tongue!” Chocolate orange cream pie dessert recipe

Fifties weight loss miracle diets that sold the hope of a perfectly slim body

Ads for a diet plans seems totally commonplace today, but in the early 1950s — especially so soon after the war, which meant food was rationed and

Organic food: Just a fad or is it really healthier? (1972)

Organic foods: Are they modern-day cure-all elixirs sold by modern-day hokum medicine men? Or are they a more wholesome alternative to the chemically-treated foods we customarily eat?

Antique enameled blue glass sugar caskets & jewel caskets (1800s)

Whether these antique enameled blue glass sugar caskets were used for sugar cubes or for jewelry, the handpainted pieces that have survived are prized for their beauty.

Jell-O pudding macaroons (1968)

To munch on, brunch on, midnight snack on – pudding macaroons. Anything this easy deserves to be enjoyed often.

Savory vegetable ice cream recipes from the 60s, made with tomatoes, cucumber & avocado

At first glance, vegetable ice cream looks like a terrible idea… but it’s actually not quite that bizarre when you realize these aren’t desserts, but are meant to be served as a salad, or a light and savory chilled palate refresher.

How to host an authentic Edwardian-style summer party

Summer parties and entertaining duties never cease — there are always garden fetes, weekends, luncheons and bridge suppers to be planned and executed.

Light, luscious summer salad dressing recipes (1982)

Light ‘n luscious summer salads Karo and California summer fruits make it simple. Light ‘n luscious summer salads with fresh peaches, plums and nectarines. And nothing tops

3 swell one-dish dinners from 1950

Three simple one-dish meals that are simply swell! 1. Hearty Hash Casserole Tastes like you’d spent hours preparing it – instead of minutes. Because it’s Armour Corned

Sweet vintage wedding cake customs from 100 years ago

The wedding cake, luscious and delicate of taste, with its wonderful exterior covering of ornamental sugar icing, wrought in various devices, is an institution honored by long patronage and full appreciation.

Old-fashioned rice flour recipes: Classic cakes & cookies without wheat (1918)

Here’s a look at a few of the wheat-free recipes created during WWI — classic recipes for cakes and cookies made with rice flour in place of wheat flour.

6 old-fashioned sweet maple sugar & maple syrup recipes (1913)

If you want a taste of good old-fashioned maple flavor, here are some vintage maple syrup recipes that should give you the classic taste you’re looking for.

5 airy, light dessert recipes: Orange chiffon pie, Lime Bavarian Charlotte & others (1965)

These light dessert recipes are not without calories, but they’re not filling. And they’re so breathtakingly beautiful – a delight to look at as well as to eat.

Old Aunt Jemimia’s pumpkin pie: From 100 years ago, a real pumpkin pie recipe turned into a poem

An old-fashioned poem detailing how to make a pumpkin pie! ‘Enough cold water to form a paste. Colder the water, better the taste. – Half teaspoonful cinnamon, big cup of milk. Stir until as smooth as silk.’

Retro Thanksgiving side dishes from the ’80s: Delicious turkey team-ups

Any way you carve it, the big bird will taste even better with these sensational Thanksgiving side dishes

Three easy & classic Cool Whip dessert recipes (1971)

These great-looking dessert spectaculars make you a hero, even though they’re so easy to make… desserts to please all ages. Find dessert recipes for Sour Cream Bavarian, Nesselrode Pie and Snowman Cut-up Cake.

Blackberry Zebra layered Jell-O dessert (1978)

You can’t keep kids from picking blackberries. Oh, the blackberry fiends in your family are going to love the taste of new Jell-O Blackberry flavor gelatin. It’s

11 one-dish hot-dog meals (1965)

With eggs, cheese or vegetables, in hearty soups or salads, frankfurters make a meal that every member of the family will enjoy.

Strawberry torte recipe (1962)

We love “spring pink” desserts May is the month for the sweetest-flavored strawberries, so try this this Dresden-pink strawberry torte Strawberry torte recipe 1 package white cake

Classic chocolate & vanilla pinwheel cake recipe: No frosting – the chocolate topping is baked in

Pinwheel cake (1954) Terrific NEW cake idea! Chocolate topping baked right in. No frosting!  A spectacular cake — rich and luscious because you use Baker’s Chocolate and

Oatmeal heritage bread & oat batter bread recipes (1973)

For some tasty classic breads that feature oatmeal in a starring role, try these recipes for oatmeal heritage bread, oat batter bread, and country oat cornbread.

Celebrities sell out for Skippy Peanut Butter (1960)

A paid testimonial from Bert Lahr for Skippy Peanut Butter How did we get Bert Lahr to appear in an ad for Skippy Peanut Butter? Easy. WE

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?

Converts to organic food sprouting up all over (1970)

A dedicated and growing band of people — most of them young — has taken to cooking and serving no-nonsense natural foods.

Doctor Dolittle, Pushmi-Pullyu & friends like Post cereals twice as much (1968)

“For some reason, I like Post cereals twice as much as everybody else does.” Doctor Dolittle and his friends agree! “Start your day a little bit better

Cream cheese frittata recipe (1982)

When the eggs are fresh from the farm, and the vegetables are selected with care… isn’t it silly not to use Philly?  Philly cream cheese frittata recipe

Miracle Whip on top of canned fruit was what they called a “salad” in the 50s

Miracle Whip on top of canned peaches (1955) Only Miracle Whip can make peaches taste so good… Miracle Whip was created to make even the simplest salads

Coke keeps you thin! (1961)

Coke keeps you thin! (1961 Coke commercial) In this 1961 Coca-Cola commerical, actress Connie Clausen explains that Coke is low in calories and will help keep you thin.

Scotch toffee bars & Sugar ‘n spice cookies (1964)

Sugar ‘n Spice Cookies recipe Ingredients 2-1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 cup shortening, soft

Retro made-to-order pancake recipe from 1962 with fun add-ins & fast prep

This retro pancake recipe from 1962 lets you add fruit, bacon, chocolate chips or even sliced hot dogs right into the batter. Quick, easy and still fun to make.

Banana Breeze no-bake pie (1974)

A luscious, creamy, no-cook filling in a crunchy, no-bake crumb crust. Convenience ingredients cut your time and work. Almost as easy as peeling a banana.

Peanut butter golden brownies with chocolate topping (1979)

New! Toll House Peanut Butter Golden Brownies. The peanut butter in the batter is delicious with the chocolate frosting on top

Fudgie-scotch ring dessert recipe (1972)

Sweeten up your holidays! It’s so easy and so good. Why not make several? They add a festive touch to family gatherings; a personal touch as a

Two-tone walnut cookie canes recipe (1962)

Two-tone walnut cookie canes — the more the merrier!

Baker’s Easy Why-Not Coconut Pie recipe (1967)

Easy Why-Not Coconut Pie What’s the occasion? No occasion. — What’s happening? Nothing’s happening. — Why coconut pie? Why not. Of course Baker’s Coconut is festive. And delicious. And

Corn-crisped chicken recipe (1966)

To make this delicious corn-crisped chicken, you coat the poultry with Kellogg’s Corn Flake Crumbs and seasonings, then bake on aluminum foil.

Karo fireside baked beans (1965)

The new way to cook is with Karo! Karo Fireside baked beans What a wonderful new way to zip up an old favorite! The difference is all

The classic Southern Lane cake recipe

Emma Rylander Lane created her Lane Cake back in the late Victorian era, and it soon became a Southern classic. In 1967, the original recipe was brought up-to-date by her granddaughter, and that’s the one featured here.

Look back at vintage California wines from the 40s & 50s

California’s versatile, economical wines are for all America, anytime… Let wine spark up your mealtime, every day. 

1950s candy: The most iconic sweet treats from an unforgettable decade

Step back in time to explore the iconic world of 1950s candy. From classic confections to sugary inventions, discover the sweets that helped shape a generation.

How to have a retro Hawaiian luau party

Why not go native at your next party with a retro Hawaiian luau party? It’s now officially as American as a New England clambake.