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Welcome to my retro kitchen!

Welcome to my retro kitchen!
Unfortunately not my kitchen! This is from the 1940s.

You'll find old and new ideas on this site...

I love playing with both food and history and am trying to combine these loves here and in various projects. My most recently published was a fun 3-volume set, which you can get free below, which speaks much of cuisine in a little known part of the world from earliest times to 700 CE....Speaking of old, this is a reincarnation of three old blogs, one shared with friends all over the world and called something like Our Favorite Food This Week, and then one called That Was Delicious that started my toying with retro food ideas, and then A History Writer in the Kitchen where I explored history more....I have kept many posts from those blogs, including many recipes I thought you might like.

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A book of wonderful menus for every meal of every day

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A General Food Planner for an Unusual Time

A General Food Planner for an Unusual Time
Click on the picture to get your free copy.

A Notebook of Favorite Menus

A Notebook of Favorite Menus
Click to get free samples from which to design your own...

Get your free volume I of ancient history including culinary!

Get your free volume I of ancient history including culinary!
Just click on the picture to get more information. Enjoy!

Get your free volume II of ancient history including culinary!

Get your free volume II of ancient history including culinary!
Just click on the picture and enjoy!

Get your free volume III of ancient history including culinary!

Get your free volume III of ancient history including culinary!
Just click on the "cover," and enjoy!

Labels (including some I no longer use)

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Just Some of My Favorite Retro Food Sites

  • heritage recipes
  • food timeline including cookbooks
  • old cooking
  • dining at old department stores
  • old American eateries
  • old menu art
  • Restaurant-ing Through History!
  • Vintage Bites!
  • food from 'way back when into the 1980s, in Britian

Some of My Favorite Food Blogs

  • Tea With Friends
    Christmas decor that's right At Home
  • Love and Lemons
    25 Best Thanksgiving Appetizers
  • Time Travel Kitchen
    Potato Paste/Peppermint Chocolates (1912)
  • Lawrence M. Schoen and Eating Authors!
    July 2023 Sale!
  • kitchen flavours
    Ginger Fried Rice
  • Period Entertainments and Recreational Costuming
    Photos from Mrs. Parks’ Regency Rout – 2016
  • What Should I Eat For Breakfast Today ?

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My Other So-Called Blog(s) (few of them much to do with cooking!)

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