The Nostalgic Cook

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but a bag of mushy apples is the mother of apple squares.  Or something like that. I usually eat...

A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law picked up some cookies from a local cookie shop and shared a few with us.  I opted to try the oatmeal choc...

Last week I was determined to get the flowerbeds whipped into shape, so I dove head-first into the project.  I bought a flat of pansies plus...

As a certified estate sale junkie, I've run into flan pans at sales for years, mostly in 1970s shades of orange, avocado and harvest gol...

While trying to figure out what was considered a French dressing in the 1940s for another recipe (it's a vinaigrette with a little papri...

Today's contender for the title of Cookbook with the Least Catchy Name is The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book, War...

I pulled The Campus Survival Cookbook off the shelf this week because I wanted to make a meatloaf, but I was a little short on time and ener...