Who is Suzy Homemaker? (1966)
Who is Suzy Homemaker?
She's every little girl who wants to be just like her mother. That's why all the Suzy Homemaker appliances look and work just ... Read more...
15 tips to be a cool & cook-less cook this summer (1955)
Do's and don'ts to keep your family fed and the house cool during the heat of summer.
Dormeyer portable mixer with 9 speeds! (1957)
It’s a totally new kind of portable. It’s the new 1957 Dormeyer… completely redesigned and styled like a new car! Comes in white, pink, turquoise or yellow with chrome trim.
Make it Mexican! (1982)
Make it Mexican: How to say it
McCormick-Schilling spice racks (1964)
Why can't they stay put?
What McCormick-Schilling Gourmet Spices do to and for foods is so intriguing, it's no wonder they're always in use!
Sur... Read more...
Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker (1977)
Rival Crock-Plate
The Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker has a high-fired stoneware plate that does the work of several appliances.
You can pa... Read more...
Genuine original Crock-Pot Slow Cookers (1972-1973)
All-day roast, all-night cereal, Mom's-gone-shopping casserole
S - L - O - W electric stoneware cooker
There's no other cooker anywhere like the o... Read more...
Glamorous, glorious pink enameledware (1956)
High, high style -- at a low, low price
Special limited time -- all 3 nested sauce pans -- $1.19
Federal glamorous, glorious pink enameledware
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She’ll love these Pyrex gifts! Wouldn’t any woman? (1950)
Nobody *needs* these more than a bride!
Brides will love these Pyrex gifts! (Wouldn't any woman?)
A measure that'a a pleasure a dozen ways! (Pyrex... Read more...
Enter the Cuisinart (1977)
Appliances: Gourmet breakthrough
Once it was the perquisite of only the grandest gourmets -- perfect for pureeing some chestnuts, perhaps, or creat... Read more...
Introducing the microwave oven (1971)
It wasn't too terribly long ago that we had two main options for cooking food: you could do it on the stove or in the oven. But in the early 1970s, th... Read more...
Cooking with the new ‘electricity’ (1892)
Cooking by electricity
The woes of the long suffering housekeeper are now about to vanish. The comforts of home are to be secured without any of its ... Read more...
Vintage recipes: Cooking terms and definitions
Apollinaris water: A naturally sparkling mineral water from Germany. (Read more)
Comfits: Candy-coated nuts, seeds, fruits or spices. (Jordan almon... Read more...
Help: Oven temperature conversion chart
Many of the vintage recipes featured on this site have very old-fashioned -- and often vague -- cooking directions. Here's a chart to help you det... Read more...
Coping with cooking odors (1911)
Cooking odors
A great many people now live in "rooms" and apartments, instead of separate dwellings, and it is very difficult to prevent the odors fr... Read more...
