Retro Food Fiascos - A Collection of Curious Concoctions. First Edition, First Printing

Kathy Casey (Introduction and Commentary) and Lisa Perry & Jennifer Weaver-Neist (Editors)

ISBN 10: 1888054883 / ISBN 13: 9781888054880

Published by Collector Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2004

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. New. See scans and description. Portland, OR: Collector Press, Inc., 2004. 'Retro Food Fiascos - A Collection of Curious Concoctions', by Kathy Casey (Introduction and Commentary) and Lisa Perry & Jennifer Weaver-Neist (Editors). Wide octavo (landscape octavo), illustrated jacket, pink cloth boards with front cover image in multiple shades of pink, green-yellow endpapers, 128 pp. As New, despite approaching vintage age. Gleaming and flawless. See scans. An aggregation of what are, at least now, in retrospect, truly repulsive recipes from the 50s and 60s. Just a few: asparagus pretzel salad, baked corn chex with cheese custard, crown roast of frankfurters, veal-oyster loaf, french onion soup with coke, tomato relish gelatin ring, and. everybody's favorite.tuna pizza. Dozens more. We may have actually liked some of them - as tabla rasa kids. We definitely don't now. As collectible an example as you're likely to find. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L71.

Seller Inventory # 62803

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Retro Food Fiascos - A Collection of Curious Concoctions. First Edition, First Printing
• Publisher: Collector Press, Inc., Portland, OR
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888054883
• ISBN 13: 9781888054880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cuisine, Cookbooks, Dining, Wine
  • Humor

About this title

Synopsis

Banana meatloaf, tuna Jell-O salad, and Spam smoothies borderline tummy-turners to downright doubtful, RETRO FOOD FIASCOS is a showcase of culinary curiosities from some of America s favorite magazines, cookbooks, and food companies. In the name of nutrition and creative cooking, the marketing and recipe writers of the 1950s cooked up some very suspicious combinations. Innovations in food processing and new products tempted everyone to play with their food from the amateur cook to the professional chef. And the results? We ll let you be the judge. The pages are filled with actual recipes and images of some of the most daring dishes to ever leave the kitchen. So get out your Jell-O mold, canned meat, and best casserole dish it s time to get funky and answer the question "What were they thinking?"

About the Author

KATHY CASEY has been credited with elevating Northwest cuisine to a national level. She and her cuisine have been featured in numerous national publications including Food & Wine and the New York Times as well as on television shows like Good Morning America and CBS This Morning. An accomplished food writer, she authored Pacific Northwest: The Beautiful Cookbook and Dishing with Kathy Casey, among others, and is a Julia Child Cookbook Award nominee. She and her husband, John, are co-owners of Dish D’Lish at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.