I bought this retro cook book a while ago at a pretty unexpected place, Marshall's ! But it's one of the absolute best things I've ever bought there. I've made a few recipes from this book, all recipes inspired by the 1950's and 60's, and so far they've all been great. I've found that recipes back then were a bit simpler then some more modern day recipes. Whether it was simpler ingredients or just simple instructions, they appear to be more straight forward. Here's one recipe I made the other night for dinner, turkey and cranberry meatloaf. Ingredients: 10 slices of prosciutto 1 large onion 2 green scallions 2 cloves of garlic 1 1/2 pounded ground turkey 2 tablespoons ketchup 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 egg yolk 1/2 cup stale breadcrumbs 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley 1/2 cup homemade cranberry sauce 2 tablespoons orange juice Directions: Preheat oven to 400 F. Oil 6" by 8" loaf pan. ...
thirty-something. libra. new england.