In the spirit of ‘50s convenience cooking, I used a frozen pie crust. “Cooked Sunsweet prunes” didn’t seem to be a product that existed anymore, so I boiled dried prunes.

The year is 1950. The Thanksgiving table is set, and before your growling stomach lies a cornucopia of show-stopping dishes: tomato aspic, jellied turkey vegetable salad, creamed spinach and ...

Let’s get cooking. But first, finding the mold. Not an easy task in 21st century San Francisco. After selecting my recipes, I headed to Community Thrift, where I purchased something for $2 that ...

Recreating 1950's dishes such as tomato aspic, jellied turkey vegetable salad, creamed spinach and cranberry surprise will certainly be attention grabbing.

You know it when you see it. It's anything that's held together by a generous layer of cream of mushroom soup. It's any recipe that uses more than two packaged foods in one dish. And it's all ...

I tried vintage recipes from a '50s cookbook and I see why Jell-O salads aren't popular anymore. ... "In the 1950s, there were a lot of people cooking who didn't really like cooking," she said.