Happy Fat Tuesday! Since no one is going out to a parade or party today, I thought I’d bring a little bit of Mardi Gras home with the Cyclone Cocktail and Hurricane Punch from Pat O’Brien’s in New Orleans. The recipes are from one of my favorite cookbooks, Benson & Hedges 100’s Presents Drink Recipes fromContinue reading Pat O’Brien’s Cyclone and Hurricane Punch (1979)
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)
Happy Groundhog Day! Phil has predicted that there is more winter yet to come!. At the moment it definitely looks like 6 more weeks of winter here–I don’t know how much snow has fallen, but school was closed yesterday and I have a delay today. However, it is forecasted to go up into the 50sContinue reading Groundhog Day Bloody Mary (1971)
What’s the formula for a superb dinner party? Choosing your guests and your food with care and savoir faire. Who can guide you in achieving this delicate balance? Astrologist Sydney Omarr can tell you who will give you the pleasantest companionship by consulting the stars. Radio/TV Food Consultant Mike Roy can supply menus and recipesContinue reading Cooking With Astrology: Omarr & Roy Entertain an Aquarian (1969)
I don’t know if the retrospective inspired me, but I am newly committed to tackling the blog backlog. There are currently ten dishes in the queue–some were cooked last week, others apparently more than two years ago. True story. I made this in November 2018. I honest to god thought I had posted this one.Continue reading 198. Chicken Fricassee and Dumplings
I have no idea when I made No. 183, so I have very little memory of No. 183. I don’t know if I made the raisin-stuffed baked apples. I imagine that I did just because that’s easy. But if there was a photo, that has been lost. The results photo of 183. was not takenContinue reading 183. Shrimp Newburg
We made it to New Year’s Eve! Although the manner in which you ring in 2021 may be different than in years past, that doesn’t mean you can’t drink like you’re out at a party! And if you drink like you’re out at a party, you might need a little something to nurse your hangoverContinue reading Benson & Hedges Entertaining With Style: Eggs Blackstone (1980)
I. LOVE. A. PUNCH. Punches are easy to make, easy to refresh (just throw more booze in there!), and they give guests an option from just wine or beer–without opening the bar for mixed drinks. Last year I gave an option to the option because I acquired a second punch bowl set (thanks, Beth!) andContinue reading Holly Ball 2019: Christmas Sparkle (1966) and Holly Ball Hi-Ball Punch
Holly Ball 2019 rolls on! This recipe is a selection from Executive Women…New Orleans Style. I picked it up at a super-fabulous culinary bookshop called Kitchen Witch, which, sadly, closed not long after my visit. I don’t know anything in particular about this book except that New Orleans has an Executive Women International chapter.Continue reading Holly Ball 2019: New Orleans Style Artichoke Balls
Another Holly Ball bite! Today’s ball recipe is ultra-fitting since a prime-time reboot of the ABC daytime soap All My Children was just announced. As someone who used to watch AMC, consider my interest piqued. But let’s face it, the show will be incomplete if Susan Lucci (a.k.a. Erica Kane) doesn’t show. Speaking of EricaContinue reading Holly Ball 2019: Erica Kane’s Cheese Teasers (1983)
Yes, the title of this post says 2019. That’s because I never wrote about last year’s holiday party and I’m sure as hell not having one this year. The Holly Ball takes an entire year to plan because I take note of any and all ball recipes I come across throughout the year and jotContinue reading Holly Ball 2019: Rio-Vista Balls (1958)
December 8 is National Brownie Day! For the occasion, we’re gonna revisit a brownie post from 2014. This recipe sounds pretty damn simple. And based on my success with all of the other Impossible Pies, I assumed this, too, would be a winner. So I made this for a dessert party that we had inContinue reading An Impossible Pie for National Brownie Day
I picked this recipe not because I was craving a New England Meat Pie, but because I had every single ingredient on hand with the exception of the frozen hash browns–an easily acquired grocery item. I had no idea as to what New England Meat Pie is. Google’s main result was a Tourtiere, a FrenchContinue reading 189. New England Meat Pie
Did you have a nice Thanksgiving–whatever version of Thanksgiving you had last week? Mine was very nice. Due to the global nightmare otherwise known as The COVID, Mr. Sauce, Esq. and I opted to stay home and not travel to see our families. So it was an undoubtedly a smaller affair, yet, I still entertainedContinue reading Impossible Pumpkin Pie (1981)
Pork Tenderloin Part II! This is what I did with the second half of the one-pound tenderloin that I used for the Herbed Pork Roast with Broccoli Spaghetti. Note: the Broccoli Spaghetti became a bit of a debate over on the Facebook page. Click below to see them. Well, not really a debate–rather a discussionContinue reading 147. California Orange Pork Roast
I’m gonna make this post a quickie. Why? Because this dinner was a quickie! And why was this dinner such a quickie? Not only did I mistakenly buy a pork tenderloin instead of a pork roast, I cut said 1-lb pork tenderloin in half (I am trying to avoid leftovers). Therefore, Card 125. went fromContinue reading 125. Herbed Pork Roast with Spaghetti Broccoli
Behold, the Gondolier’s Hero Sandwich! There it is. Look at that. Macaroni, gherkins, and cheese cubes floating on the Grand Canal in Venice. Is it a Gondolier’s Hero Sandwich because the bun looks like a gondola? Or is this sandwich the lunch of choice for Venetian Gondoliers? I couldn’t help but wonder… what the hellContinue reading 148. Gondolier’s Hero Sandwiches
In the early 1970s, Vincent Price was the celebrity spokesperson for Angostura Bitters. He appeared in a series of print advertisements, each featuring a cocktail or recipe (or both) that includes the herbaceous liquid. This ad was recently featured on Silver Screen Suppers, Since I have already mixed up his other Bloody Mary recipe, IContinue reading Vincent Price’s Zippy Bloody Mary (1972)
