Saturday, January 3, 2026

It's January-- Get Ready to Garden!

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A new year means a new seasonally-arranged cookbook! This year, we will be harvesting recipes from Home Gardener's Cookbook  (Marjorie P...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

A "Fabulous" Finale for the Year

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I've got some loose pages with "Betty Baker Tested" headings. I suspect they were from a calendar, as they have a hole in the ...
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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Saving the world with gelatin!

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The bank account is probably feeling pretty low lately... Grocery prices... Holiday gifts, food etc. The Ghoulies II promo inflatable toile...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Some Christmas recipes that should stay in the past

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Are you ready to consume Christmas food like a consumer? Consumers Power Company hoped so when they sent out Christmas Recipes 1972 . The bo...
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Saturday, December 20, 2025

A red, white, and blue Christmas?

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Better Homes and Gardens magazines used to come with little pages home cooks could cut out and stuff into their Better Homes and Gardens  co...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Gettin' Festive with Betty

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The cover of Betty Crocker's Festive Fixin's with a Foreign Flare (General Mills, 1964) pretty accurately sums up its contents.  It...
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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Holiday recipes with some "modern" flair

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Tired of the same holiday spread, year after year, but also afraid of changing things too much-- so much that it won't feel like a holid...
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