Chicken Baked in Sherry and Cream is an elegant mid-century chicken dish, suitable for entertaining. This recipe comes to me originally from a 1949 cookbook published by the Eugene (Oregon) Welfare League, now the Eugene Junior League. Like most Junior Leaguer recipes, this dish has a distinct fancy company vibe. The ingredient list is classy……
Ingredient: freshly ground black pepper
Tomato Pudding (adapted from The Black Family Reunion Cookbook, 1991)
Tomato Pudding is a simple casserole-style side dish meant to accompany a rich Southern meal. Or maybe it’s a dessert. The recipe’s original author, Cincinnati restaurateur Barbara Bond, isn’t quite sure. This recipe comes to me by way of The Black Family Reunion Cookbook, a recipe book compiled by the National Council of Negro Women…….
Sesame Baked Chicken (Oregon, 1974, adapted)
Sesame Baked Chicken is a delightfully different take on old school oven-baked chicken. If you’ve come looking for sweet and sticky Asian style fried chicken you’ve come to the wrong place: this is more Shake ‘n Bake than Panda Express. This recipe comes courtesy of No Regrets, a 1974 cookbook compiled by the Portland,……
Tator Tot Specialty Casserole (Wisconsin, 1988, adapted)https://www.thriftstorecookbooks.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googlesitekit-dashboard
Tator Tot [sic] Specialty Casserole is a throwback to a different time, made from ground beef and a bunch of pantry and freezer items. This dish is one of two “Tator Tot” recipes from the 1988 recipe collection Thank Heaven for Home Made Cooks, compiled by St. Casimir Catholic Church in Krakow, Wisconsin. Both are……
Vinegar Peppers and Pork (Florida, 1991, adapted)
It’s important to me on this site to present vintage recipes as our parents and grandparents would have prepared them. The internet is already saturated with modernized versions of comfort food classics. I don’t want to be one more site projecting twenty-first century food trends onto vintage recipes. If I’m going to make a tuna……
Hawaiian Chicken with Ginger and Peach (California, 1996, adapted)
Hawaiian Chicken with Ginger and Peach is a chicken and rice dish with vaguely tropical sensibilities. If you’re expecting a traditional plate-lunch style chicken you’ll need to look elsewhere: this dish is more Nixon-era casserole than luau food. very salty rice pilaf topped with pan-seared chicken breast. The only thing even remotely Hawaiian about the……
Thai Chicken Pizza alla Shandi (Oregon, 2006, adapted)
Thai Chicken Pizza alla Shandi is a protein-heavy, vaguely Asian, sweet and sticky weeknight pizza. The recipe comes to my by way of Recipes from the Heart, a 2006 community cookbook from the church congregation my family attended. The recipe was submitted by a woman who has since moved and with whom our family was……
Beef and Noodles Italiano (Missouri, 1964, adapted)
Beef and Noodles Italiano is a hearty two-pot-one-meal pasta dish with vaguely Italian sensibilities. Adapted from a 1964 community cookbook published by the St. Louis Symphony, Beef and Noodles Italiano has a little bit of a fancy company vibe to it, in keeping with the mildly patrician sensibilities of the rest of the book. The……
Fruit ‘N Filbert Pork Chops (adapted from A Treasury of Prize Winning Filbert Recipes, 1973)
Fruit ‘N Filbert Pork Chops is easily my favorite recipe from A Treasury of Prize Winning Filbert Recipes, transforming a usually bland and dry pork loin into a delicious weeknight meal. The fruit is arguably central to the flavor profile, but the recipe still showcases the toasty bitterness of roasted hazelnuts. It’s also deliciously old……