Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the Year of the Ox! I wasn’t planning on having some Asian cuisine on the blog for the holiday, but I had this dinner in the queue, so here we are. These recipes are from The Joy of Chinese Cooking by Lo Mei Hing, Giulia Marzotto Caotorta and Sun TziContinue reading The Joys of Chinese Cooking: Sweet & Sour Pork and Bamboo Shoots with Spinach and Mushrooms (1982)
Because of the kindness of friends, I own both Benson & Hedges 100s presents Drink Recipes from 100 of the World’s Greatest Bars (1979)–Thank you, DIllon! and Benson & Hedges presents Entertaining With Style–Recipes from Great American Restaurants (1980)–Thank you, Jacko! I have become enamored with these cookbooks for two main reasons– their very unconventionalContinue reading James Beard’s Poulet aux Quarante Morceaux de l’Ail (1976)
Today is National Quesadilla Day–the perfect day to revisit the Impossible Quesadilla Pie from the Bisquick “No Time To Cook” recipe book (1982). This post first appeared on DiS1972 in February of 2014. I have an update since then–make THIS guacamole, which is the greatest guacamole recipe I’ve ever come across. Enjoy! So, it’s notContinue reading It’s National Quesadilla Day
Hello! Welcome to Pieathalon 2020: The Seventh Pieathalon! Quick explanation of the Pieathalon for those of you who are virgins: The Pieathalon is a virtual pie party where bloggers from across the globe join to make pies of the past. Basically, each blogger submits a pre-1985 pie recipe, which are then randomly assigned to anotherContinue reading PIEATHALON 7: Betty Crocker’s Sombrero Pie (1971)
So my unemployment continues. I became officially unemployed as of June 30. So what, I’m at 7 weeks of not working? It’s weird, dude. It’s fine because I was able to cash out all my unused PTO, etc. from two jobs ago. But if I still had a job that was going to be likeContinue reading McCall’s Cooking School: Mexican Salad Bowl (1985)
At the beginning of all of “this,” when we were in the initial OMG WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FOOD AND TOILET PAPER phase, Mr. Sauce and I were eating a lot of Italian food. Like, a lot of Italian food. Why? It was hell to get grocery delivery from the supermarket, soContinue reading Sophia Loren’s Bucatini alla Carbonara
Hurricane Isosceles is upon us here on the East Coast. With all the wind and the rain it makes me think of the greatest weather film(s) of all-time SHARKNADO. Step to the side Day After Tomorrow and Twister. You got nothing on airborne elasmobranches! I know that I haven’t talked about my fondness of theContinue reading Bertolli Baked Fish with White Wine
Hot diggety dog! It’s Wiener Wednesday! I’m closing out this month of wieners with just that–a hot diggety dog. This recipe is from Australian Cooking for Today, edited by Anne Marshall. Here is the cookbook: Here is Margot sitting on the cookbook: I was thinking about it and apparently I am on a bit ofContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Diggity Dogs (1977)
Hello, friends! Are you looking for something different for this year’s Cinco de Mayo? Maybe something that’s non-taco (even though it is a Taco Tuesday)? Maybe something a little more low-key because of the pandemic and shit? Well, I have the dish AND drink for you! I found this in my collection while I wasContinue reading Cuervo Bloody Mary with Ortega Huevos Rancheros (1972)
Spring is in full bloom and that means that it’s artichoke season! We are very lucky in that we’ve been able to get our hands on fresh artichokes a few times during quarantine, so I decided to continue my quest to recreate the stuffed artichokes that my dad will wax poetic about on occasion. IContinue reading One Stuffed Large Artichoke: The Elenian Club Cookbook (1985)
Another dish from earlier in 2019–I couldn’t even tell you when. But I will tell you that this here is the easiest and tastiest guacamole recipe ever, and the one that I will be using from now until the day I die.
I love working from home!!!!*** Or rather, not working from home. Or maybe it’s working and not working from home. Let me explain: I left my job of 10 years and am starting a new job on Monday. So I decided to take a week off in between for a “staycation.” For me working/not workingContinue reading Scandia Danish Bloody Mary (1979)
Happy Lunar New Year! To celebrate the new year (and my upcoming birthday) Mr. Sauce took me out on Saturday night for Korean BBQ and to see the new Nicolas Cage movie. If you like Nicolas Cage, horror, camp, and alpacas, boy is this the movie for you! I wouldn’t say that it is necessarilyContinue reading Lunar New Year Snicky Snacks (1982)
FYI, January is National Soup Month. I have wanted a copy of this book for quite some time. Essentially since I stumbled upon this picture about 9 years ago: So many questions: Where did this picture come from? Why is Sophia Loren holding big utensils to her face? Why does she look so damn sad?Continue reading Sophia Loren’s Minestrone (1972)
(Before I start let me just say that the formatting here is a hot mess and I can’t seem to fix it. I mean, it’s really messed up. If there is a missing picture in the middle, it may or may not be at the bottom of the post) My friends over at the BookClubContinue reading More Cowbell! Chicken Vindaloo
Do you ever have a OMG I need to eat that craving but then realize that you don’t have the money to go out to dinner so you gotta do it yourself? Well, that was me with this Marsala dish. Big craving and I already had chicken and mushrooms on hand. So I had theContinue reading Veal (Chicken) alla Marsala (1978)
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)
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
