I collect weird old cookbooks and ephemera, old advertisements, old etiquette books and household guides – and am always on the lookout for strange postwar Jell-O and salad recipes. Ideally, both components in one gelatinized amalgamation of horror.
I’m originally a New Yorker, in my mid-40s, living in Canada, where I write about various historical, genealogical and pop-culture retro-vintagey things.
I write about Brooklyn, New York, genealogy, pop history, old advertisements, and any amusing bits of history that otherwise interest me, over at my other site, http://thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com/
I would absolutely love to hear from you, and I try to answer as many comments as I possibly can.
My e mail is Lidian47@gmail.com
I just discovered your blog and I think it’s great — I’d love it if I could link to it on my own retro food site. Thanks!
I, too, just discovered your blog, and am in love! Thanks for such great stuff!
Aw, thank you Charlotte! I really love your blog too
I absolutely adore both of your blogs!!!Kitchen Retro is fantastic and the New York blog…well, I want to delete my old Chicago blog and start over. You really put me to shame. Thanks for a good lesson in humility.
Sharon, you are so sweet – but please don’t say that, I love your blog! You are a terrific writer and historian, and I am so glad I found your blog.
Hi! I really, really love your blog. I hope you don’t mind if I link to it from my webpage? Thanks!
Oh sugar honey iced tea…. had I seen your website yesterday, I would have happily snail-mailed you several items that I threw out that you would have adored – a 50′s menu with all the advertising hype among other interesting 50′s food advertisements…