This is Jan J.'s Typepad Profile.
Join Typepad and start following Jan J.'s activity
Jan J.
Recent Activity
Mmmmm! That looks yummy! I love vintage magazines. When I go to the flea market or antique mall I spend time looking at the ads. My 18-year-old daughter gets hot under the collar when she sees how women were portrayed in the older magazines - one was getting spanked because her man's coffee was not satisfactory!
Perfect Recipe for this Beautiful Day
Peach Upside Down Cake This is from this September 1974 issue of Gourmet. Please not that this cover dates from a time when the magazine had no thoughts of newsstand sales, and was confident that its readers did not need to be persuaded to open the magazine. (The doors belong to the B...
I am going to try the tofu, too! It sounds really good, and actually the celery does too. My mother used to cook something like that with celery, although I don't think she used soy sauce but I'm not sure. I would love some more of these Chinese recipes! I have a vintage Chinese cookbook, and they used those dried black mushrooms in so many dishes. I am wondering if they are available today.
From China with Love, Circa 1951
You don't think about Americans eating - much less cooking - sophisticated Chinese fare in the fifties. So I was truly surprised to find recipes for an entire Chinese banquet in this issue - Bird's Nest Consomme, Shark's Fin, Pheasant, Bamboo Shoots, Wined Kinghwa Ham. And yes, there were eve...
The lima beans maybe, the prune whip - um, ick! I love prunes but Fritos sounds a very odd addition! But what fun to see these old recipes.
I am so happy to find your web site. I just finished "Delicious," which I picked up at the library just from reading the back cover. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it! Lulu, Billie, Sammy, Sal, all of the characters became so real to me. I have not traveled much outside of Georgia except to China to adopt my two daughters, but I was IN New York as Sal took Billie around to all the little shops. I could see it, smell it, taste it. I normally read mysteries, most set in the UK, but I am in love with this book and will be ordering my own to savor again and again! I do hope you are writing another novel! Pretty please! As an aspiring writer, this is what I want to achieve - making people and places and emotions real for people as you did in "Delicious!"
More Vintage Fritos Recipes
Last week's vintage Fritos recipes were such a hit that I went trolling through old issues of Gourmet, looking for more. Here, from the September 1951 issue, are a couple of gems. Tomorrow, a few truly surprising Chinese recipes from that issue. They're remarkable for the time - although...
Jan J. is now following The Typepad Team
Jul 31, 2015
Subscribe to Jan J.’s Recent Activity