Vintage Eats Recipe: Brownstone Front Cake

Brownstone Front Cake, freshly baked, sits on a vintage dessert plate adorned with a dollop of peach Greek yogurt. If someone asked me to estimate how many cakes I’ve made in my lifetime, I’d have a hard time with that number. I’ve been making cakes since getting married in the 1980s. For a long period... Continue Reading →

Make Kate Smith’s Gala Cake Recipe

For several years I’ve been collecting recipes and cookbooks from the 1940s. It’s been interesting studying how food was produced and prepared and eaten. It’s amazing how some foods that were rationed then are running into similar situations today, i.e. eggs. I’ll share bits of information periodically in a column called ‘What’s Cookin’?’ It may... Continue Reading →

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