Do you tear out recipes from magazines that you hope to make some time? Well, I do and have for a very long time and saved them – some of them for a very long time! Many years ago that was what we cooks had as sources for recipes. The internet certainly was not what it is today or TV shows.
I do know that Julia Child started her first cooking demonstration on TV in black and white back in the 1960’s. This comes from The French Cookbook that I bought from The Friends at the Plymouth Library in Plymouth Michigan. What a treasure!
Of course there were cookbooks, cooking classes, family, friends and our own creativity but magazines gave us inspiration on a regular basis and they still do for me!
I recently received an email from David Lebovitz (I follow his blog and have a few of his cookbooks – he’s written 9 books). He started his cooking career in restaurants at age 16 and ended up at Chez Panisse working alongside Alice Walters for 13 years. He was honored by Saveur magazine with their first-ever “Blog of the Decade Award” that he started in 1999. He was named one of the top pastry chefs by the San Franciso Chronicle and has been featured in many magazines. He was a guest judge on “Beat Bobby Flay” as well as a competitor – he didn’t win. He believes that baking and cooking should not be out of reach to people. Lucky him as he has been residing in Paris, France – what a beautiful place to live – I know because I have been there!
He posted a recipe from Gourmet Magazine dated 2004 “Chocolate Hazelnut Tart”. In his opening comment “I’m back on the wagon of tackling the recipes in the bulging files of recipes that I”ve been collecting and hanging on to for the past thirty years”. I knew that I wasn’t alone but it was nice to read about a famous chef/pastry chef and cookbook author who has done the same thing.
I’m sharing again this holiday recipe that goes back to 1994 and was a favorite of Gene’s (note my remark in upper right corner of recipe). See my original post Honey Orange Madeleine Santas courtesy of Bon Appetit. You can see the traditional “hump” – I just turned them over to decorate. I actually still had the magazine article and finally made them again and posted it in 2015. This is such a cute butter cake or a cookie – you just have to make them for your family. The kids would enjoy decorating these seasonal Santas too!
My Honey Orange Madeliene Santas were featured on a weekly blog party I was participating in at the time – anyone remember Fiesta Friday?
This recipe appeared again in 100 Best Cookies 2007.
Adorable holiday desserts! I have a pile of recipes waiting for me, too. Oh, and Fiesta Friday is still going.
The problem is there are just too, too many great recipes available through all kinds of media and it’s hard to choose. I’m surprised it’s still going…
Deciding which delicious recipe to try next is a good problem to have,
My recipe file is filled with torn out magazine pages, newspaper clippings, recipe cards, and notes scribbled on post-it’s, napkins, and legal pads. Many of the people who gave them to me have passed on, but I see them clearly through their handwriting. 💜🍃
Gail – you must have quite a file! My favorite and treasured recipe is from my Dad who passed away over 30 years ago. Dad’s Sauerbraten (which I posted over 10 years ago) included his typed letter to me. I can just see him pecking away at his antique typewriter
What a marvelous memory! Those are the ones we carry with us forever. ⭐️✨💫
I haven’t made Madelein in a while, and somehow with moving a lot the pan was lost. I guess I need to buy a new one, as this Honey-orange one sounds so good! 🙂
Yes, this was Gene’s favorite as I experimented making different kinds. I have three madeleine pans; regular size and mini and also a fat shell shaped madeleine pan which makes pretty cookies/cakes 🙂
On my list to try as soon as I get the pans… 🙂
I still have a box full of old food magazine and newspaper recipes in my office. You’ve inspired me to dig into it and see what recipe treasures it might hold.
I follow Vintage Recipe Cards blog site https://vintagerecipecards.com/. It’s fun to see all the old recipes, as my mom had a little metal container full of such recipe cards.
Yes, please dig into your old files and share your treasures. Now, besides magazines, etc. I am adding recipes from the internet, blogs I follow and emails I get from so many. Hard to throw out any…
Thanks for the link – I signed up as I enjoy old recipes. I have a number of old cookbooks/booklets,advertisements from different companies and it’s amazing how simple many of the recipes are, but still delicious.
By the way my Mom and Dad kept a drawer in the kitchen with recipes…
yes i have many many recipes ripped out of magazines! and one day i will make them. cheers and merry xmas.