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Whether new or vintage, millions still love Corelle dishware from the Corning company (also behind Pyrex & Corningware). See some of the dish patterns available during the seventies & eighties!
In the ’70s, Crock-Pot Slow Cookers became popular, because a meal could be cooked for pennies a serving, and cuts of meat coudl be deliciously tenderized.
Right from the ’50s, here are some classic tips to keep your kitchen cool when it’s hot outside, plus some easy recipes to help you beat the heat.
Here are some homemade vinegar recipes for making your own special fruit and herb vinegars, using things like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, pineapple, mint, onions, celery, tarragon and other foods.
Take a look back at one of America’s favorite comedic couples in this article with Lucy’s byline from April 1950. The focus of her story? Her favorite husband at the time: Desi Arnaz.
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.
Some microwave oven questions & answers from the early 1970s! Plus tips like: “Just plug it in and turn it on. The food gets hot. The oven stays cool. If you want, you can even cook on paper plates.”
Kitchen appliances from the ’50s! The Liberator electric range includes the new automatic surface unit that you “set and forget,” until food is done. Remember, this is the first step toward modern electrical living.
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
She will love these Pyrex gifts! The double boiler lets you SEE what’s cooking! Entertaining is fun with these new dishes! Let her make the coffee perfect every time.
Luxury cookware for your kitchen in Harvest Gold, Avocado Green, Black and Polished stainless.
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.
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! Sure
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 panbroil, bake, poach, steam,
High, high style — at a low, low price Special limited time — all 3 nested sauce pans — $1.19 Federal glamorous, glorious pink enameledware
Appliances: Gourmet breakthrough Once it was the perquisite of only the grandest gourmets — perfect for pureeing some chestnuts, perhaps, or creating an insouciant little
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
Apollinaris water: A naturally sparkling mineral water from Germany. (Read more) Comfits: Candy-coated nuts, seeds, fruits or spices. (Jordan almonds would be considered large comfits.) Forcemeat: A
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
Retro party food: 12 classic cheese ball recipes from the ’70s 
These vintage home pregnancy test kits used test tubes & had a two-hour wait (1978-1987) 
See 130 vintage ’50s house plans used to build millions of mid-century homes that we still live in today 
Tips for decorating the Thanksgiving table (1900) 
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