Comments on: California Custard http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/ A Love Song with Vintage Recipes Sun, 20 May 2012 07:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kristen http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Kristen Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/#comment-6512 Have fun at Blogher - I'm so jealous! I love a good custard and I love retro cookbooks. Have fun at Blogher – I’m so jealous!
I love a good custard and I love retro cookbooks.

]]> By: Nancy http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/comment-page-1/#comment-6511 Nancy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:47:12 +0000 http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/#comment-6511 I recently experimented with a bit of retro food myself. Found a pamphlet called "Cooling Dishes for Hot Weather," published 1958, in a drawer in an antique shop. The salmon-cucumber salad was quite good, though I omitted the capers. And there is just something about 1950s-era food photography that is unmistakable. Everything is so stiff, so crowded, so colorful, and so surreal looking -- where were the pictures taken? The light looks neither like sunlight nor like any artificial light from any studio ... here on earth. I recently experimented with a bit of retro food myself. Found a pamphlet called “Cooling Dishes for Hot Weather,” published 1958, in a drawer in an antique shop. The salmon-cucumber salad was quite good, though I omitted the capers. And there is just something about 1950s-era food photography that is unmistakable. Everything is so stiff, so crowded, so colorful, and so surreal looking — where were the pictures taken? The light looks neither like sunlight nor like any artificial light from any studio … here on earth.

]]> By: Retro Food http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 Retro Food Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:31:58 +0000 http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/#comment-6501 hmmm that sounds good Kiesha. Cold here. :-( hmmm that sounds good Kiesha.

Cold here. :-(

]]> By: Kiesha http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Kiesha Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:55:15 +0000 http://retro-food.com/2008/07/15/california-custard/#comment-6499 YAY for California! It's gotta be better than Texas. Holy heck it's hot. But nuthin' a little chilled custard can't fix...with peaches...and a cookie type crust...Mmmm. YAY for California! It’s gotta be better than Texas. Holy heck it’s hot.

But nuthin’ a little chilled custard can’t fix…with peaches…and a cookie type crust…Mmmm.

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