Greetings and salutations! To those of you who are here because of my stellar appearance on Chopped– Welcome to Dinner is Served 1972! After reading about the show I hope you’ll stick around a bit and peruse the site–eight years of cooking up food from the past–both delicious and disgusting! And then maybe you canContinue reading I Was Chopped!
If you follow me on social media, I know you that you know that Dinner is Served 1972 is going to appear this week on Food Network’s Chopped. But if you don’t follow me on social media–guess what? Dinner is Served 1972 is appearing on Chopped! The episode is called A Very Brady Chopped. SoContinue reading Florence Henderson’s “Wessonality” Chef Salad (1980)
It’s the Pieathalon!!! I cannot believe that I’ve been coordinating this shindig for six whole years. Bravo to me. This year, my assignment comes from Peter over at Vincent Price Legacy UK. Like Vincent Price, Surrealist artist Salvador Dali had a cookbook published in the 1970s. Also like Vincent Price, Dali’s cookbook was published onlyContinue reading Pieathalon 6: Salvador Dali’s Oasis Leek Pie (1973)
This is the dish that you chose as the grand finale of this Wiener Wednesday revival! This recipe was sent to me by Mr. Sauce, Esq.’s mom. She will henceforth be known as Mother Sauce. Once Mother Sauce found out that I was a hot dog enthusiast, she started emailing me frankfurter recipes and thisContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Chili Dog Bread Ring
Happy National Day of the Cowboy! I am once again participating in the Recipes 4 Rebels cookalong. In the past I have featured Jon Voight, and Elvis Presley, but this time I am featuring Clint Eastwood. Eastwood totally qualifies to be featured on Cowboy Day because he got his start on the television show Rawhide.Continue reading #CowboyDayCookalong: Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti Western (1996)
No, I have no idea why I did this. But I did. For the past month I have been, bit by bit, hiding stuff in my office. As in taking my personal items and hiding them as though I have been moving them/throwing them away. It started when I gave my office a really goodContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Teenie Weenies (National Day of the Hot Dog)
Happy Wiener Wednesday! This week, Mr. Sauce, Esq. chose the frankfurters, which explains why this week’s selection is a little bit on the safe side. Sometimes you don’t want to go all crazy and make a Jellied Hot Dog Loaf or some other insane dog dish, amiright? So here is a nice and easy weenieContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Frankfurters with Macaroni and Cheese(1966)
My frankfurter-loving friends, I need your help! I want you to decide what hot dog dish ends up on the blog next week. You have until Friday to make your choice from 4 options. Zelda’s Frank Casserole was submitted by Alan over at the Informal Association of Cookbook Collectors & Foodists. It is a recipeContinue reading You Pick Next Week’s Wieners!
So, I don’t like rum. At all. The smell of rum is enough to make me queasy. And this isn’t even one of those “well, I had a bad experience in college with it….” It’s not. Because I would never drink rum in the first place. But I don’t hate it in a Mojito. IContinue reading Happy National Mojito Day!
This is from THE MEATS COOKBOOK from Southern Living Magazine. I’ve been holding onto this one for a while, just waiting for the best moment to break it out. Look at the cover and you can see why. Quick background–my former co-worker Valerie gave this to me. I do not know to whom in herContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Kraut & Frankfurter Plank Dinner (1971)
It’s another Wiener Wednesday! Today we go back to the year 1966 and the Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery. Vol. 5 This volume includes and entire Frankfurter Cookbook. The Frankfurter is indeed very versatile, Woman’s Day magazine. I concur! It is the applesauce here that caught my eye. How could it not? Look at thatContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Stuffed Broiled Frankfurters
It’s back, kittens! By popular demand, every Wednesday will be a Wiener Wednesday until July 23rd, which is National Hot Dog Day. (Apparently there are multiple National Hot Dog Days, but I’m gonna go with the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council and celebrate on the 23rd). I have some real humdingers in the pipelineContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Dog Rolls With Crispy-Fried Onion Rings (1975)
Since Countess LuAnn did not go to jail for violating terms of her parole, my mum and I saw her #countessandfriends cabaret show at the Warner Theater in DC on June 7. Because it was a sparkling wine-soaked event, I am sharing with you the dessert from my Easter dinner–the Coupe Jacques–which is a fruitContinue reading Coupe Jacques (1965)
I hate summer. I really do. I hate the heat and the sun and the bugs and the sweat. The only thing I remotely like is floating in a swimming pool–but I really hate bathing suits, so that kind of cancels it out. It is supposed to be in the mid-80s today and I thinkContinue reading McCall’s Cooking School: Cobb Salad (1985)
Tonight is the finale of the FX mini-series Fosse/Verdon and I wanted to mark the occasion–as I tend to do with television shows (see: X-Files and Twin Peaks). I’d love the show just for the dance numbers, but GIVE JEN LINDLEY ALL OF THE AWARDS RIGHT NOW! I really should have cooked for the entireContinue reading Gwen Verdon & Bob Fosse’s Mexican Breakfast
In past years, in celebration of all things Cher, I cher’d (yes, you can smack me later) her Hawaiian Meatballs. But first, let’s just turn back time (yeah, I went there) 2 years ago and relive my mother losing her goddamned mind when we saw “Classic Cher” at the MGM Grand in National Harbor: ThisContinue reading Happy Birthday Cher!!!!
I told you that I’d share the rest of my very French Easter, so here’s the main dish, leg of lamb. Because it’s not Easter Sunday without Lamb! This recipe comes from Great Dinners from Life by Eleanor Graves which was published in 1969. John Dominis was the photographer. And the photos are fantastic. IContinue reading Great Dinners from Life: Spring Leg of Lamb (1969)
Oh my gawd yinz guys. I am unbelievably stoked. In June, for my mum’s birthday, we are seeing Countess Luann of Real Housewives of New York City fame bring her cabaret show, #CountessAndFriends to DC******* According to the poster, her show is sublime! Captivating! Profound! Vanity Fair said: I say this with no irony orContinue reading Caviar Canape Pie (1950 & 1980) and Caviar Stuffed Eggs
