Molly Goldberg, Cook

 I really enjoyed all the Goldberg tv shows from mostly the 1950s, and years ago when I learned there was an interview in this magazine with Gertrude Berg who wrote and played Molly Goldberg, I ordered a copy, and also a copy of her cookbook! I very much recommend Gertrude Berg's work, especially those tv episodes...

GUESS WHAT was in the same magazine?! My favorite retro kitchen's original appearance!

Keeping food hot in 1922

You can gain such interesting insights from primary documents, actual old books and articles and other writing; this is a tiny series from the 1922 collection Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll (the sister-in-law of the famous Gertrude the gardener)....

This harks back to the chafing dish type I shared a bit at http://favoritefoodthisweek.blogspot.com/search/label/chafing%20dishes ....

That long metal food-warmer with spirit lamps...whereon porridge, coffee, and hot dishes can be kept palatable is a great help....[Also] insist on...a small saucepan over a spirit lamp for boiling eggs.

A Satisfying Salad

 Full of interesting flavors...

Just add to a big bowl to taste, toss lightly, and serve with some bread:

chickpeas 

cucumbers 

radishes 

cherry tomatoes

green onions 

sumac, generous

dried dill 

some raisins

some olives 

huge amounts of garlic

creamy herbed cheese little blobs

pistachios, opt 

mayonnaise 

olive oil 

salt

Breakfast paraphernalia in 1922

You can gain such interesting insights from primary documents, actual old books and articles and other writing; this is a tiny series from the 1922 collection Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll (the sister-in-law of the famous Gertrude the gardener)....I added the divisions to make the ideas clearer for us 21st century-ites, though the milk jug still isn't quite clear to me though sounds brilliant:


Insist on a hot-water kettle of real efficiency,
on a tea caddy...
and a small saucepan...for boiling eggs,
with an hour-glass standing sentry near by...
[paraphernalia for] roasting and grinding [coffee]...
a fireproof jug of ample proportions with wide ventilated top should keep the milk hot without boiling over...
a handy toasting-fork...