Old Timey Cookin’: The Chafing Dish, Part One. In which we discover the joys of table top cookery.

“Chafing dish cookery was one of the earliest known branches of the culinary art, having been held in high repute from almost prehistoric times, although it has recently enjoyed a revival at the hands of our enterprising American cousins, who find that in a country where cooks, or needed servants of any sort, are at…

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Vintage Food: Jello

I have a terrible confession to make.  I love Jello.  My mother and father were old enough to remember when Jello was still a new and fancy dessert and so they still treated it like any other sweet treat. Sometimes it was plain, but other times, mom served it in fancy molds with fruit suspended in it.  My…

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