Super Bowl Episode Now Online!

Our Super Bowl episode is now online!  Let us help you plan a bash that will appeal to both diehard football fans and the only mildly interested!

Click here to see the episode!

Nut Vegetable Loaf

I'm trying to cook from at least one vintage recipe a week and this week I made Nut Vegetable Loaf, from the 1952 cookbooklet 500 Tasty Snacks.  It was really good!  I made a few minor adjustments (such as adding spices and an extra egg, to make it hold together better), but think this one is a winner!  It's even vegetarian, which was NOT typical for an entree in 1952!

Super Bowl Episode Coming Tuesday, January 21!

We're hard at work on our Super Bowl episode, which will be online next Tuesday!  What we don't know about football could fill a stadium, but we DO know how to throw a party!  The cocktail experimentation is underway and my costume is done:

Weekend Recipe and New Episode

There will be lots of experimenting with recipes this weekend, including this spread, from one of my favorite cookbooks, Good Housekeeping's Ten P.M. Cook Book, aimed at after-hours entertaining:

I'll let you know how it goes!

We have a new episode online, as of Tuesday morning, all about making the most of being snowed in.  Judging from the amount of snow we've already gotten this winter, we will be employing these tips for a while....

Watch it here:

"Velveteen Lounge Kitsch-en: Snowed In"

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a happy and safe holiday season!  Here's to 2014!

There are some new recipes for January on our website!  Don't let the winter doldrums put you into a food rut!  A smorgasbord happy hour awaits!

Click here for recipes!

Snow Day

We've been staying put today, due to the snow, but that hasn't kept us from being busy!  I made this snow globe, the contents of which are completely edible, complete with a Rice Krispies Christmas tree!

The tree up close:

Snow globe!

As you can see from the following picture, Paul refuses to give in to the dictates of Old Man Winter and is enjoying endless summer in his mind.

I wonder if he has the feeling back in his feet yet?

Christmas Crafts From The Bar Episode Online!

Our new episode, "Velveteen Lounge Kitsch-en: Christmas Crafts From The Bar," is now online!  Click here to watch: Velveteen Lounge Kitsch-en: Christmas Crafts From The Bar

Things have been CRAZY around here for a couple of weeks and promise to be nuts through Christmas, but we're having a good time.  We hosted both Thanksgiving and a party in that time and pulled the episode together!  We have another surprise in store before Christmas, along with some family business that will take us out of town.  Whew!  Good thing we have lots of booze left over from the party! ;-)

Our party and a visit to our town's Christmas tree:

More soon!