pineapple

Spicy pineapple baked pork ribs (1986)
Spicy pineapple baked pork ribs

This delicious recipe for sweet, savory and spicy pineapple baked pork ribs gets lots of flavor from the unique but wonderful combination of chili sauce and tropical pineapple. 

Sunburst chicken stir fry retro recipe from 1985 (1)
Sunburst chicken stir fry recipe

Not only is pineapple amazing on its own, it also can be a delicious ingredient in lots of recipes — like this sunburst chicken stir fry recipe from the 80s.

Apple pie dump cake recipe
Apple pie dump cake recipe & vintage dump cake how-tos

Without a doubt, the humble dump cake has one of the worst names ever, but this sweet treat has still managed to stay popular since its introduction in the mid-sixties. See step-by-step photos for an apple pie dump cake recipe here!

Vintage 7-Up cake recipes
7 vintage 7-Up cake recipes

Try one of these vintage 7-Up cake recipes with lemon-lime soda! ‘Never before have you had a cake so light, so airy, so high, and with such a delightful new flavor.’

Cool drinks for summer
Cool drinks: 10 retro sippers for summer

Tall, fruity coolers, with or without spirits, are much more refreshing than the usual carbonated soft drinks or heady cocktails. Try drink recipes like this red rum cooler, iced tea Hawaiian, Hawaiian rainbow or sunshine floats.

Frosty pineapple pie (1953)
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!

Caramel surprise upside-down cake
Caramel-pineapple upside-down cake (1953)

This classic 1950s recipe for a caramel-pineapple upside-down cake was one of the first to combine the popular tropical fruit with caramel candy cubes to make a tasty dessert.

Fruity non-alcoholic drink recipes - Old-fashioned beverages
30 fun & fruity non-alcoholic drink recipes (1919)

Booze-free beverages were all the rage after prohibition kicked in, so from a huge collection of suggestions published in 1919, we found these 30 fruity non-alcoholic drink recipes that would still work well today.

10 old-fashioned sandwich recipes for summer (1910)
27 old-fashioned sandwich recipes

West Coast sandwich recipe Buttered sesame seed bread, cream cheese, avocado slices, apple or orange slices, chopped nuts, watercress. All-American sandwich idea (1967) Make dressing