My partner (Jenna Belevender) and I (Michelle Gerard) are commercial and editorial photographers with a strong emphasis on food and storytelling, based in Detroit, Michigan.
From cheese logs to pineapple chicken, how get festive the way Bon Appétit did four decades ago
1960s Dinner Party
Thought Come Dine with Me was the height of bad taste? Think again. As these pictures prove, we've come a long way...
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From cheese logs to pineapple chicken, how get festive the way Bon Appétit did four decades ago
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Hors d’oeuvres, 1970s
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Pictures from the era of the showboat dinner party
Pictures from the era of the showboat dinner party
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1950s Entertaining
Pictures from the era of the showboat dinner party
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I so enjoy food and entertaining articles from the late 1960s and early 1970s because hosts and hostesses were then just starting to forgo elaborate dinner parties and numerous courses in favor of a simple style of entertaining. These bygone articles about one-pot dinners, make-ahead recipes, and stylish, comfortable table settings still inspire today, especially considering that most of us continue to prefer simplicity over fussiness when preparing our meals. The photos featured in this post came from a 1971 House & Garden article. The fetching couple was Adriana and Dan Rowan, whose name some of you might recognize from the television show "Laugh-In". I admit that it was Mrs. Rowan's pink and black paisley hostess gown that initially caught my eye, but I also found the Rowans' dining room so attractive with its tile floor, the potted flowers placed everywhere, and that chic yet casually set table. Terracotta potted tulips, Mexican tin chargers, brown earthenware plates, and plain crystal stemware were the proper accompaniments to a dinner in which paella was the main course. (As Mrs. Rowan noted, "I like to cook in five languages- French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Mexican.") And Mr. Rowan assisted in the preparations, too, by choosing wine from his well-stocked cellar. Little about this dining room or the table looks dated, and I think the same can be said for that hostess gown too. (The kitchen's linoleum floor and double ovens, on the other hand, scream 1970.) In fact, considering that paella, still a popular entertaining dish today, was on the menu, you might not know that this dinner party took place over forty years ago- until you see photos of the kitchen, of course. Menu Salted Soybean Nuts and Crudites Paella Green Salad with Raw Vegetables Cheese Garlic Toast Fruit Salad with Cointreau Cheeses: Gourmandise, Blue, Swiss, Brie Wine: Pouilly Fumé la Doucette 1964
After a long hiatus, welcome back to another week of food from behind the scenes of Astronauts Wives Club!!! This is Part I of Episode 10, another episode jam-packed with vintage food that is going to be split into two posts. This week we have gelatin, Pineapple Upside Down Cake and some Toas-Tite grilled cheese […]
Thought Come Dine with Me was the height of bad taste? Think again. As these pictures prove, we've come a long way...
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My partner (Jenna Belevender) and I (Michelle Gerard) are commercial and editorial photographers with a strong emphasis on food and storytelling, based in Detroit, Michigan.
