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2024-03-06 20:53
As we all know, I’ve been away from the blog for quite a while. So, naturally, I’m a little rusty. But I didn’t know how rusty until I finished No. 152 and looked back to m… Read More
2024-02-28 15:40
Gonna tell you right off the bat that this was delicious. And super-easy. I marinated the flank steak the night before, hard-boiled the eggs for the salad, and made the cream ca… Read More
2023-09-06 18:04
PIEATHALON BITCHES! If you don’t know the Pieathalon rules click HERE. My pie came from Down Under! Taryn of Retro Food for Modern Times sent me a recipe from The Leggos Italian Cookbo… Read More
2023-07-19 12:32
Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! This week’s recipe comes from an October 1975 issue of Seventeen Magazine. IT’S DOG EAT DOG! Partytime or anytime, serve America’s under… Read More
2023-07-12 21:06
Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! DiS1972 reader Dana is a good friend of the blog and submitted this recipe (with a boatload of other hot dog gems) for my consideration. I picked this recipe bec… Read More
2023-06-27 19:37
I love vintage cookbooks, but my favorite genre may be “Recipes from Restaurants That Aren’t There Anymore.” So I immediately bought a copy of Favorite Restaurant Recipes:… Read More
2023-06-21 13:37
Last month I decided to revisit that odd 1981 calendar with the missing cover. I have it on my fridge so every once in a while I’m inspired to give one (or two) of the drinks a s… Read More
2023-06-02 14:16
Earlier this week my office hosted a Bon Voyage party for one of my coworkers who is moving on to bigger and better things. The party was nautical-themed with little sail boats everywhere. I… Read More
2023-05-24 12:51
Earlier this month I received an invitation for a dinner party hosted by my friends Tom and Kathleen. When I asked what to bring, they said dessert. Since they were participants in my Easter… Read More
2023-05-09 22:17
This is the dinner that you, my friends, chose as my Spring Dinner from Great Dinners from Life by Eleanor Graves***. (1969). The globe artichoke is surely the engineering marvel of th… Read More
2023-04-23 21:49
Yes, I am well aware that I just posted the Easter Brunch. This, however, is a different kind of brunch. A brunch for two. A private brunch. A bedroom brunch. I was inspired to bust out this… Read More
2023-04-13 17:32
My sole new year resolution this year was to post once a week–but I’ve failed. I missed a week in February and this is the first post of April. I am so disappointed in me. But, o… Read More
2023-03-27 22:04
Happy National Whiskey Day! To celebrate I brought out my trusty 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection for Mixed Drinks and Hors D’oeuvre and found the Perfect Manhattan on… Read More
2023-03-20 15:00
Happy First Day of Spring! To celebrate the season, I’m opening Great Dinners from Life (1969) and turning to the chapter on Spring. In my copy of Great Dinners, there are six menus th… Read More
2023-03-13 19:20
HOW EASY WAS IT? I will get to that eventually, but do you want to know what is NOT easy? Sleep. Ah, elusive sleep. Every night is a grab bag of GERD, insomnia, sleep sweats, racing thoughts… Read More
2023-03-02 20:16
From 1977. Smirnoff (a long-time member of Europe’s elite) had found its way to the dinner table. However, there was no proper food at this dinner table. Because these are models. The… Read More
2023-02-20 16:35
I marinated the steak over night, but when it was time to cook dinner, I failed to read the entire recipe card (which is apparently a problem of mine as of late. Much like Alexia on the Real… Read More
2023-02-11 16:47
Happy Super Bowl weekend! Let’s kick it off with some Smirnoff! It’s a sure bet you and your friends will be watching the game this weekend. Why don’t you all get together… Read More
2023-02-04 15:14
Now, if you you’re thinking–hey now, didn’t you already make the Greek Lamb Stew card? Well I did. But that was card 156. This is card 166. Greek Lamb Stew NOT in Eggplant… Read More
2023-01-25 17:36
I was an odd child–for many reasons–but one particular reason is that, as a wee one, I devoured any and all shellfish and mollusks. I loved raw oysters and clams. I ate my first… Read More
2023-01-17 18:58
I do not like rum, so I wasn’t dying to celebrate National Hot Buttered Rum Day, but I knew that I had a couple of recipes for this cocktail and the weather was just cool enough for a… Read More
2023-01-10 18:46
My love of the Bisquick Impossible Pie has been documented on this here blog. And the BLT is in my top 5 sandwiches, so I was thrilled to come across this ad: What a genius idea to combine t… Read More
2023-01-03 16:02
Welcome to 2023! I am sure that I’ll still be writing 2022 well into February. I had a lovely holiday break and I hope that you had some time off, too. As one typically does, I made a… Read More
2022-12-23 15:57
Earlier this month I hosted my annual Christmas party, The Holly Ball (a.k.a the Ball Party). At the Holly Ball, all the food is ball-shaped. This was the 4th Holly Ball*** (5th if you count… Read More
2022-12-20 14:34
The Peppermint Martini (an interim idea). Somebody once said, “if the perfect martini is ever created, it won’t be a martini.” Until now, two things stood between the marti… Read More
2022-10-30 18:09
To close out National Cookbook Month, I present to you Robert Carrier’s Menu Planner. I know very little about Robert Carrier. Although he is American born and raised he found fame in… Read More
2022-10-26 13:40
Today is National Pumpkin Day and October is National Pumpkin Month! Here’s something pumpkin-related. A friend of ours recently found himself with some unexpected guests, a bottle of… Read More
2022-10-25 13:27
Hello and welcome to Blends Bash 2022, hosted by the lovely folks at The Book Club Cook Book. Every year they send out some of their delicious spice blends to bloggers like myself who experi… Read More
2022-10-19 00:08
Let’s crack open one of my favorite cookbooks from my collection, Benson & Hedges 100’s Presents Drink Recipes from 100 of the Greatest Bars (1979). Don’t you love the… Read More
2022-10-13 13:23
Last month I found myself with a ton of apples and a value pack of pork chops. And the official first day of autumn had come and gone, so I decided to make a fall-like, pork-apple dinner. I… Read More
2022-10-05 13:38
I was recently going through old photos; came across the photo below and said to myself, “what the fuck is that?” It took me a moment but I remembered what the fuck it was–… Read More
2022-09-28 12:45
It’s back, baby! (albeit a few weeks later than normal) Nine years later and I still find that there’s no better way to close out summer than throwing random pie recipes at my fe… Read More
2022-09-01 14:12
It’s National Gyro Day! Sadly, I do not have a gyro to share with you, but I do have Greek Lamb. In a boat. That’s not too far off, right? Whatever. Just roll with me. So it woul… Read More
2022-08-30 14:08
I made this one back in May and I didn’t take notes. All I can remember is that we hosted my friend Kevin and it was a weeknight. This was a good choice for a weeknight because it was… Read More
2022-08-18 16:05
It’s Smirnoff Southpaw Season! If America has a beverage to call its own, it must be cola. In fact, we took good old cola so for granted that in our search for interesting things to mi… Read More
2022-08-16 15:54
Elvis died 45 years ago today at age 42. FORTY-TWO. Wrap your head around that. It’s wild to think that if he didn’t pass back in 1977, today he’d be 87. He could conceivab… Read More
2022-08-12 16:39
Hello kittens! I just got back from vacation, I’m feeling good, and I’m in the mood for a contest! I’m curating three different prize packs from my collection of vintage co… Read More
2022-07-27 17:33
It’s the last Wiener Wednesday of 2022! Today we have another reader-submitted recipe. Poppy Crocker from Grannie Pantries was kind enough to send over this gem from Loyta Woodin… Read More
2022-07-24 20:47
Happy National Tequila Day! In 1974, Montezuma Tequila released a series of magazine advertisements based around the Aztec calendar, which they called The Ancient Tequila Arts of Montezuma… Read More
2022-07-20 14:45
Happy Wiener Wednesday! This week I’m taking a stab at Frankfurter Cheese Boats! I chose this recipe because the ad promises me “a boat load of good eating!” “Hot Dog… Read More
2022-07-19 14:44
It’s National Daiquiri Day! Here’s an advertisement for the Smirnoff Daiquiri, which they call a “modest invention.” We were caught recently with an unexpected hanker… Read More
2022-07-14 16:10
In the words of Mrs. Kasha Davis: THERE’S ALWAYS TIME FOR A COCKTAIL! So here we have another cocktail courtesy of whoever did the advertising for Smirnoff in the 1970s. Here’s t… Read More
2022-07-13 13:55
For today’s Wiener Wednesday, we have a reader-submitted recipe! Paris B. sent me a selection of Frankfurter Recipes from the 1979 edition of the Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cook… Read More
2022-07-07 13:47
Happy National Macaroni Day! To celebrate, here’s a DiS1972 humdinger of a dinner which first appeared on the blog in March of 2011…. I am a firm believer that the only thing th… Read More
2022-07-06 14:57
Weiner Wednesdays are back, kittens! For the next four weeks it’s gonna be nothing but WIENERS, WIENER, WIENERS! To kick off Wiener Wednesdays, I present to you the Ortega Hotter Dog… Read More
2022-06-19 16:06
I’ve been waiting for a good reason to bust out card No. 167 Picnic Beef Roll. And I found the perfect occasion–it’s International Picnic Day! (OK, yesterday was technicall… Read More
2022-06-14 12:58
It’s another Smirnoff ad! Here’s the original ad: Original text: The Grapeshot (a drink to things past). Remember how you used to race the neighbor kid home from school–and… Read More
2022-06-01 18:25
With so many of these cards, I do a little internet search as to whether or not the dish exists somewhere outside of the culinary world that is Dinner Is Served. A quick google of “Flo… Read More
2022-05-10 13:14
Happy National Liver & Onions Day! Today we’re going to delve into the archives for the occasion. A version of this post first appeared on the DiS1972 blog August 2, 2012. I decide… Read More
2022-05-05 13:41
May is National Salad Month! To celebrate, I perused the archives and am sharing with you one of my all-time favorite dishes, Watergate Salad. A version of this post first appeared on the Di… Read More
2022-03-10 18:51
Here we go again! The Madras (how to do what we couldn’t) People who mean well are always advising us to mix Smirnoff with something it ought to mix with but doesn’t. We’ve… Read More
2022-02-23 15:43
More winter fun from the folks over at Smirnoff! After a long day on the slopes, Alec likes to retire to his chalet with a snow bunny. There’s nothing like an apres-ski Smirnoff Horses… Read More
2022-02-17 14:42
This dish appeared on the blog back in 2015. It included a huge rundown of all the crazy shit that happened to me that year. If you’re just here for the cabbage crown, read on…… Read More
2022-02-11 14:03
I can’t stop writing these. Version one appeared in Playboy with the following copy: We wondered recently how come we’d mixed Smirnoff with so many fancy juices but studious… Read More
2022-01-27 16:05
Another Smirnoff cocktail–the Bloodhound! And another block of boring and confusing copy. What’s red, has Smirnoff in it and is served in a tall glass? Think you know? Sup… Read More
2021-11-22 18:00
It’s Fun With Fondue Month! In the past I’ve just thrown up my fondue post which features a classic cheese fondue from Better Homes & Gardens Fondue and Table Top Cooking. It… Read More
2021-11-10 18:58
I was always curious to try a Bloody Caesar, but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it available in a restaurant. Plus, I have found (in my very scientific research–which inclu… Read More
2021-10-20 17:26
October is National Pork Month! In honor of the occasion, here’s a retrospective of Dinner Is Served 1972 cards featuring pork chops, ribs, and roasts. What a trip down Memory Lane (Ca… Read More
2021-10-18 16:43
It’s Blends Bash! (If you don’t know what that is, the lovely folks at The Book Club Cookbook send out samples of their spice blends–all inspired by television shows, movie… Read More
2021-10-15 13:45
It’s National Red Wine Day! And what says Red Wine more than Coq a Vin? Not much. So that’s what I have for you today. Even though the DiS1972 recipe doesn’t call for Burgu… Read More
2021-10-12 12:46
Before I get to 179. Chicken Marengo, I need to tell you about my new daily routine. It’s a life-changer. It’s called: I’ll Tell You How I’m Sleeping–Not Well B… Read More
2021-09-15 14:59
I am living for the Smirnoff Vodka magazine ads from the 1970s. Today’s drink is The Smokey Mary. We never dreamed when we first launched the Smirnoff Bloody Mary it would become a glo… Read More
2021-09-09 12:48
Welcome to the 8th Annual Pieathalon! You all know the deal–the Pieathletes send me pre-1990 pie recipes and I randomly assign them to another Pieathlete. We make ’em! Then share… Read More
2021-09-01 18:34
We’ve come to the end of the Summer of Franks! And let me tell you, it couldn’t come soon enough. Bring on fall! And bring on dishes that don’t include cylindrical-shaped f… Read More
2021-08-25 17:41
Hello there! After so many weeks of weenies, it’s a surprise that I had not yet featured a dish from this cookbook, the 1983 reissue of Mettja C. Roate’s New Hot Dog Cookbook. I… Read More
2021-08-18 14:46
It’s another Wiener Wednesday, people! This week I recreated an 1956 hot dog ad from Pinterest which features a recipe called New Swank for the Frank. Note: the dictionary defini… Read More
2021-08-11 13:57
America’s Sweetheart, Betty White has been known to say that the secret to long life is vodka and hot dogs. If that is true, then I will live to be over a hundred. With Betty in mind… Read More
2021-08-04 14:38
Yet another Wiener Wednesday dish that I chose because of the name. The Babysitter’s Favorite. This is from Crock-Pot Cooking by Marilyn Neill. As someone who was only a babysitter for… Read More
2021-07-28 14:03
It’s another Wiener Wednesday and another Dinner is Served 1972 card!!! I apologize that this dish looks super-similar to Pine Valley Red Hots from seven weeks ago (OMG I cannot believ… Read More
2021-07-21 13:34
Howdy ho, partners! It’s Wiener Wednesday! It is also 3 days to the 5th Annual Cowboy Day Cookalong hosted by our friends at Recipes4Rebels. So today’s post is in celebration of… Read More
2021-07-14 13:25
Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! Time for another delightfully named hot dog dish, Pig-in-a-Poke! This recipe is from Better Homes & Gardens Barbecues and Picnics (1963). Do you know what a… Read More
2021-07-07 13:27
Today’s recipe, Frosted Franks, was submitted by DiS1972 reader Diana. I applaud her for finding it. Ah, Frosted Franks! A sane person may imagine that Frosted Franks is much like 174… Read More
2021-06-30 16:25
By now we all know that Vincent Price was a beast in the kitchen, yes? You definitely do if you’re a regular DiS1972 reader. His recipes appear on the blog numerous times (including a… Read More
2021-06-23 16:15
It’s Wiener Wednesday, bitches! I found today’s recipe at the retro treasure trove Click Americana in a 1955 issue of Woman’s Day magazine: Although I am always down for ne… Read More
2021-06-16 15:45
Greetings and salutations, it’s another Wiener Wednesday! This week’s recipe is from Good Housekeeping’s Hamburger & Hot Dog Book (1958). I was ecstatic when I found a… Read More
2021-06-14 15:41
In my last post (Wiener Wendnesday Pine Valley Red Hots), I mentioned that there was a recipe for a Pine Valley Cocktail in my Pap Pap’s 1958 copy of Here’s How! By Stouffer&rsqu&hell…Read More
2021-06-09 14:58
Happy Wiener Wednesday! The #SummerOfFranks rolls on with a selection from a recent acquisition, The Family Circle Meat Cookbook (1954). That is a broiled sirloin steak if you were wondering… Read More
2021-06-02 15:09
Wiener Wednesdays are back, baby! Hot dogs, weenies, frankfurters, Coneys, footlongs or red hots–whatever you call ’em, I’m gonna be serving them up for the next 14 weeks f… Read More
2021-05-26 16:40
This is the runner-up in the you-decide-what-ground-beef-dish-I-should-cook poll. I actually made it the day after Baked Stuffed Cheese-Burger (can’t waste that ground beef!), but have… Read More
2021-05-20 16:13
Last week you voted and the winner is 129. Baked Cheese-Burger! Looks pretty simple. And I didn’t have to buy a damn thing. I appreciate that the 1973 dinners are pared down considerab… Read More
2021-05-12 14:08
This past weekend I decided to do an inventory of my freezers (yes, that is plural. I have a meat-dedicated freezer in my living room); turns out that I have a copious amount of ground beef… Read More
2021-05-08 13:55
FUN FACT! May is National Egg Month!!! Honestly, it seems like Egg Month should be April because; Easter. But perhaps the Egg Council of America people missed their chance to claim it. Speak… Read More
2021-04-29 16:03
To refresh your memory, here is 187. Fillet Roll-Ups: When I posted that earlier this week I did not include an Avocado & Grapefruit Mold, which was part of the menu. Card 187. did not i… Read More
2021-04-27 13:22
Another day, another DiS1972 dinner completed! I picked this card because I had everything on hand with the exception of fish. Well, I had fish in the freezer, but it’s cod and I don&r&hell…Read More
2021-04-19 12:49
I put this advertisement up on the DiS1972 Facebook page and folks lost their collective minds. OK, maybe they didn’t lose their minds–but they let it be known that they really l… Read More
2021-04-15 12:57
Look at that! DiS1972 giving us a pretty straightforward recipe. However, I did fiddle with the recipe to work with what I got. I had 100% of the ingredients but I substituted pork tenderloi… Read More
2021-04-12 16:08
This post card is from a grab bag of pamphlets and advertisements I bought last year. I have no idea when it was printed, but the color photo is by one Tom Brown. The back of the card reads:… Read More
2021-04-06 14:32
Why am I calling this The April 1981 Bloody Mary? Because it came from this calendar, which I got in a grab bag of cookbooks and pamphlets. I know nothing about it–I can’t find a… Read More
2021-04-03 15:04
Happy (early) Easter! I love Easter. I have fond memories from growing up–the eggs, the cellophane grass, the candy, the happy bunnies, the flowers, the pastels, the new dresses with l… Read More
2021-03-25 15:08
Google “Polynesian Tuna” and this is the first result (from wikipedia): In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is the god of eels who was sentenced to be executed… Read More
2021-03-22 19:35
Last night Mr. Sauce, Esq. and I watched the new Netflix movie Deadly Illusions starring Kristin Davis (a.k.a. Charlotte York from Sex and the City). It’s a doozy. Plot: Charlotte York… Read More
2021-03-16 16:05
Before I start with No. 173, I just want to say that I have no idea what “new-world” veal is. I did some internetting and the only thing I discovered is a chain of butcher shops… Read More
2021-03-09 14:55
Today’s recipe is from the Playboy Gourmet by Thomas Mario. Bourbon and crab. Together? Will this work? Let’s see! The reasons why I selected this recipe: I still had a good deal… Read More
2021-03-01 14:22
I hate it when I get to DiS1972 cards that I basically have NOTHING to say about. I didn’t take any sort of notes so all I can really do is present the card: And then post the finished… Read More
2021-02-24 16:04
The 50 Days of DiS1972 countdown is finally over and it’s the official anniversary of Dinner is Served 1972! Since I began on February 24, 2011: 697 posts 149 completed Dinner is Serve… Read More
2021-02-16 15:17
Happy Fat Tuesday! Since no one is going out to a parade or party today, I thought I’d bring a little bit of Mardi Gras home with the Cyclone Cocktail and Hurricane Punch from Pat O&rs&hell…Read More
2021-02-12 14:48
Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the Year of the Ox! I wasn’t planning on having some Asian cuisine on the blog for the holiday, but I had this dinner in the queue, so here we are. The… Read More
2021-02-02 13:18
Happy Groundhog Day! Phil has predicted that there is more winter yet to come!. At the moment it definitely looks like 6 more weeks of winter here–I don’t know how much snow has… Read More
2021-01-29 20:44
We’re at the halfway point! 25 days of the best and worst of DiS1972 and 25 days to go until the official ten year anniversary of the blog! Here’s a rundown of the posts so far:… Read More
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