A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina’s Best Recipes (Apple Tapioca Recipe)

A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina’s Best Recipes (Apple Tapioca Recipe)

A little charm of a book is found and it’s called “A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina’s Best Recipes, written by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron (illustrations by Elizabeth Coulbourne) and published in 1917 by A.L. Burt Company. This book 

Moonshine: The Dessert

Moonshine: The Dessert

Moonshine – you know, that clear, strong, distilled spirit with a high alcohol content generally made from backyard stills. Just reading the word conjures up images from prohibition times, backwoods stills, and cases of unlabeled bottles being carted around in beds of pick up trucks. 

Sweet Tomatoes with Cream and Sugar

Sweet Tomatoes with Cream and Sugar

I found a recipe for Cherry Tomatoes in Cream in The Southern Junior League Cookbook, a compilation of Southern recipes collected during the 60s and 70s which I shared on the Pastry Sampler blog. I was flipping through the cookbook (a recent used book find) and 

1927 Original S’mores Recipe and Methods for a Campfire

1927 Original S’mores Recipe and Methods for a Campfire

My girls are going away to camp this summer, which typically inspires s’mores at home before and after the trip. There is something about the crisp graham cracker, caramelized marshmallow, and softly melted chocolate that makes you want more than one. The original recipe for 

Puddings: Thanksgiving Pudding from 1902

Puddings: Thanksgiving Pudding from 1902

Here is an old pudding recipe to share. The recipe is for a baked pudding rather than the traditional, moist steamed puddings often served during the holidays, called Thanksgiving Pudding. It’s from Practical Cooking and Serving from 1902. It was written by Janet McKenzie Hill.