I know that I start so many of my posts with “sorry I haven’t posted in so long, but…[insert reason here]. But I don’t particularly have a reason this time. None. I can’t even come up with one. This made me think of my friend Richard. He has always told me that I’m an nihilist.Continue reading 144. Macaroni-Beef Topsy Turvy
OMG. Can it be? Can it really be? Can it be FALL?*** It sure feels like autumn this weekend–although I am skeptical that it’s going to stick around. I mean, it was 90+ degrees less than a week ago. But regardless, I am going to say that it IS fall! And how should I welcomeContinue reading 122. Hash Squash Bake
Jenny Hammerton, the author of Cooking with Columbo and Cooking with Joan Crawford, and the mastermind behind Silver Screen Suppers is at it again with the upcoming Murder, She Cooked: a Cabot Cove Cookbook. In anticipation of the book, cooks all across the interwebz were assigned recipes from the cavalcade of celebrity guest stars onContinue reading Murder, She Wrote Cookalong: Thomas Magnum’s Crunchy Tuna Melt
If you are a regular reader, then you know that I love me a good party punch. Seriously, if I throw a party–there will be punch. I cannot recommend making a party punch enough. Have wine, beer, and punch. You just fill it up throughout the evening and add frozen fruit to chill it andContinue reading Happy National Punch Day!!!
With mayonnaise it’s a salad, but with whipped cream, it’s a dessert! You laugh, but that’s how the 1963 edition of The Joys of Jell-O intended it to be! When you serve them as desserts, garnish with prepared dessert topping or whipped cream. As salads, unmold them on crisp greens and top withContinue reading Two-Way Recipes: Cherry Waldorf Salad (1963)
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)
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)
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)
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
Hello, yinz guys! Happy Belated Easter! My parents made the trip down to Baltimore for the holiday and on Sunday I made a big, French-inspired, Easter dinner featuring a roast leg of lamb. I will give you the run down of my French Spring Feast soon, but first I’m gonna share with you Lamb Curry.Continue reading Australian Cooking for Today (1977): Lamb Curry
Happy spring! I have another Dinner is Served dinner! I chose No. 184 because Mr. Sauce had a couple of his friends over for dinner. When he invites his friends over, I tend to make “safer” dinners. I’ll make my friends eat kidneys and milk chicken, but I don’t want to do that to hisContinue reading 184. Wine-Glazed Cornish Hens
The best thing to happen during the Holly Ball (aside from the majesty of Shrimp Sputnik ’18 and the fact that it was just a damn good party), was that I received a wonderful Christmas present from my dear friends, Dan and Jon–A set of the Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery (1966). Woman’s Day actuallyContinue reading Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 11 (1966): Sausage-Apple Bake
