I know this is the fourth cherry recipe I’ve posted in almost as many weeks but they’re just so good. Plus I just got a cherry pitter and it’s amazing. It’s also that time of year where I’m starting to get panicky about trying to bake with all the fresh fruit before winter rears its […]
All I really want for dessert in the summer is fruit pies and ice cream. One or the other is fine (obviously they are sublime together) but really I’d take just one and be perfectly content. If a Sunday dinner ends with either you can guarantee it will be the best meal you’ve had all […]
One of my inspirations for starting a retro-themed blog was the gigantic, exploding green binder that lives on a shelf in my parents kitchen. It’s stuffed with a collection of crinkled papers from the past, recipes cut from magazines and newspapers, single leafs torn from tattered cookbooks, the odd school report card or holiday to-do […]
It is no surprise to me, and completely in keeping with my personality, that by the time I’ve actually arrived at the post where I’m supposed to reflect about having this blog for one year, I am wholly sick of reminiscing. I feel like I’ve spent the last three months doing a little too much […]
One of the best sources I use for finding retro recipe inspiration is from vintage brand advertisements. And, since I (tragically) don’t possess an endless personal library of such material, I often turn to the internet for resource. Nine times out of ten I end up on Pinterest. I never really valued the site much […]
