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For those cooks in need of some culinary inspiration, here are a few holiday recipes from the #archives, starting with menu suggestions from the LA Examiner’s 'Prudence Penny' as published in Two Bells (via @metrolibrary): http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/Two_Bells_1940_Dec.pdf #foodhistory #archivescooking
A few holiday recipes from ‘Marian Manners’, who was introduced in the LA Times in 1931 to assist housewives with their cooking & various household chores. #FoodHistory #archivescooking
"Marian Manners & Prudence Penny were pseudonyms for the cooking instructors & writers, and later the food editors, of the LA Times & Hearst newspapers, respectively,” LA Times (2009). https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-prudence22-2009apr22-story.html
Announcement for Marian Manners' open house at the LA Times (1937):
Announcement for Marian Manners' open house at the LA Times (1937):
Here are a couple of 1950s recipes for #holidaysweets from “Blanche’s Corner” as published in the Los Angeles Sentinel. Blanche Washington was the mother of Leon H. Washington, founder of @thelasentinel. #foodhistory #archivescooking
"This #LaHabra Star newspaper article takes a rather East Coast-centric view of history even as it reminds everyone that the old-fashioned Christmas of the day (1923) had only developed in the mid-1800s," @HomesteadMuseum. https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2020/12/22/from-the-homestead-kitchen-old-fashioned-christmas-recipes/ #foodhistory
