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This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. Planning the decoration of a room, then, means the working out, first, of suitable and pleasing color schemes and texture for the room background; second, the selection and arrangement of . . . → Read More: Background Doesn’t Mean Invisible This vintage recipe for pumpkin pecan pie was originally posted exactly two years ago, November 11, 2009. Pumpkin Pecan Pie by Mrs. Myron Leitz I love pumpkin pie. Well, homemade pumpkin pie. I usually end up disliking the pumpkin pies that I order at a restaurant. And the frozen pies? *phhht* Why bother? My . . . → Read More: From the Archives: Pumpkin Pecan Pie {Vintage Recipe}  Comments are closed  Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe  Cooking, pumpkin pecan pie, Thanksgiving menus This post is part of a series on being a hostess with the mostess using Successful Entertaining at Home: A Complete Guide for Informal Entertaining written by Carolyn Coggins and published in 1952 by Prentiss-Hall. For Thanksgiving dinner no one would wish to other than old-fashioned. There are no short cuts…The more each person in . . . → Read More: Just Say No to Dinner in a Box 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Entertaining, home economics Thanksgiving menus I’ve already started hearing it. The dreadful lists of “shoulds” and “need to’s” and “have to’s” from women I know as they prepare to participate in the annual ritual known as “decorating for the holidays.” But nowhere in there do I hear joy or excitement. I hear stress and overwhelm and exhaustion. And I have . . . → Read More: Do You Really Enjoy Decorating for the Holidays? I found this recipe in an international meat cookbook published in 1967. I’ve discovered that starchy food and I don’t get along but I sure miss my pizzas! This beef roll has all of the flavor of my favorite pizzas without all of the after effects. It hits the spot for dinner and it pretty . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Polpettone alla Siciliana (Sicilian Beef Roll) Comments are closed Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe meat loaf, meatloaf, pinwheel meat roll I was looking through my vintage cookbooks for a fun Halloween dessert (that didn’t involve a pumpkin) when I came across these adorable guys. Using oranges instead of pumpkins, you create little jack-o-lanterns using cloves, licorice, and maraschino cherries and fill them with lime sherbert.
Goblin Frosties Ingredients 4 medium oranges . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Goblin Frosties 4 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe dessert, Halloween, recipes This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. A recreation room (also known as a rec room, rumpus room, or ruckus room) is a room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday . . . → Read More: The Rumpus Room This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. There was a charm about the glowing stove with the cat on the mat under the oven, the dimity curtains and the cuckoo clock, which differs greatly from the modern . . . → Read More: The New Rage: Actually Using The Kitchen For, Get This, Cooking! 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Decorating Liveable Homes, home economics Home decorating, kitchens This post is part of a series on being a hostess with the mostess using Successful Entertaining at Home: A Complete Guide for Informal Entertaining written by Carolyn Coggins and published in 1952 by Prentiss-Hall. The tone of the cocktail hour is one of gaiety and high spirits, conversation and laughter, composing a delightful bridge . . . → Read More: Successful Entertaining: Cocktail Parties ~ The Solution to More Fun than Funds This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. The powder room can also serve as a room in which the young people may entertain occasionally. ~ Elizabeth Burris-Meyer Canon towel advertisement, McCall's Magazine, 1959; Image courtesy of . . . → Read More: Entertaining in the Powder Room 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Decorating Liveable Homes, home economics Decorating Liveable Homes, decorating powder rooms |
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