happy vday lovely people!

here, have a cupcake :) ok, sorry to tease!

you could say the recipe is "vintage." it's my nana's and calls for enough butter that you know it's from the 1950's. i posted the recipe as a cake last year but just made them into cupcakes this time and added a bit of food dye to the frosting to spruce 'em up for valentines. i recommend refridgerating them once frosted so that the frosting has time to set.

sometimes life is like icky green jello with nasty stuff in it

alas, my last week can be compared to icky green jello with nasty fruit crap in it. some weeks are just like that though and i'm ready to toss it and start over, sans jello and nasty crap!

gotta love the photographs and illustrations from vintage American cookbooks like this though right?! so appetizing, i gotta get me a gelatin mold NOW! Of course there are some great old recipes out there from grandma's table, but also some rather regrettable mid-century concoctions. Thanks to James Lileks, you can check out a plethora of such regrettable food at his online gallery.

At the very least, browse through the "MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!" gallery. Hopefully you will laugh as much as you will cringe....because we all have some days that are as misguided as these recipes and being able to laugh through them can be the strongest of cures!

The gallery can now also be found in book form, tada!