amylsacks' photos with the keyword: wine

Silently pining for a cheeseburger, I sip my wine, look out on the pristine mountain view, and count the minutes until I can get back to my basement apartment in Witchita...

I'm not in these pictures because I'd be hunkered down in the Art Museum gift shop all day. :o

All outdoor sports are better when you've had a bottle or two. ;) Front section of a 6-panel fold-out.

We know that deep down, you just want rubbery hamburgers and beer that tastes like shampoo. If you tip us well, we may be inclined to tell you where they are.

You will bow and pray before the gold-encased salami, Mortals! NOW!

Eighty-five sandwiches crammed into a four-section layout? I don't know about the rest of America, but I'm feeling really inadequate right now...

Olives without Martinis? Nooooo! Two sections of a fold-out published by Plumrose of (Copenhagen) Denmark.

This was the first of the Pauper cookbooks I ever bought, out of a one dollar slush pile in a now defunct warehouse-sized used book emporium. Fifteen or so years later, I'm still not sure if these recipes were really meant to be taken seriously. (For example, I feel bad for the at-home cook who had to figure out the specifics of a direction like "Bake in two layers...") On the other hand, I always wished for somebody to animate McCrea's fabulous drawings. And I still do. Other recipes: Stuffed Peppers "Ricci", Shrimp Creole, Saltimbocca Florentine, Squabs In Madeira, Shrimp Soup, Turkish Shish Kabob, Tetrazzini of Oysters, Tarragon Chicken, Veal Scaloppine, Veal Scaloppine With Mushrooms (?), Viennese Malakoff Pudding, White Mountain (candied chestnuts with brandy and heavy cream), and Zabaglione.

I always keep my pin cushion in the kitchen, just in case a "fowl" needs to be sewn up in a hurry, don't you? Other recipes: Noodles and Beef Stroganoff, Neapolitan Pork Chops, Oysters Terrapin, Peaches Stuffed With Almonds, Pears In Wine, Potatoes In Wine, Pink Welsh Rarebit, Queen Marie's Macaroon Cream, Rolled Veal Marsala, Royal Calves' Liver, and Ragout of Oxtail.

If you doubt that the people at Pete's Press had a sense of humor, note that as the drinking progresses, the ingredient lists tend to get longer and recipes more complex. Other recipes included: Grandma's Syllabub, Hamburgers In Sherry, Hong Kong Chicken, Hot Cheese Soup, Holiday Stars, Individual Casseroles, Johnny's Chicken Hash, Jenny's Favorite Boeuf A La Mode, Jiffy Fruit Compote (Uh-huh. Good luck getting those grapes peeled when you're seeing double), Long Island Duckling In Wine, Lobster Mariner, and Lamb Rollettes.

..."While fowl is cooking, make white sauce and stir in nutmeg. Combine white sauce, whipped cream, sherry and Worcestershire sauce. Set aside..." Other recipes: Cabbage In Wine, Chicken Valenciana, Crabmeat and Sherry Soup, Dundee Pea Soup, Egg Nog Pie, Echalote Chicken Saute, and English Sole "Bonne Femme."

"Prepare pastry and line 8-inch pie pan. Mix thoroughly ingredients in order given; turn into prepared pie pan and bake in 450 F oven 10 minutes; then reduce heat to 350 F and bake 25 to 35 minutes longer, or until knife inserted comes out clean." Other recipes included: Armenian Casserole, A-1 Lobster Newburg (doesn't contain any steak sauce), Broiled Grapefruit, Baked Alaska, Braised Beef, and British Mince Pies.

"Next time you broil a steak, pour 1/2 cup of Burgundy over each side as it broils. Mixed with the juices, it makes a wonderful sauce! "For a quick gourmet dish, add 1/2 cup of Sauterne to frozen Chicken a la King while heating... "Baked apples flavored with Port Wine just before being removed from the oven have a special tang. Try wine in many of your old recipes! Cook dangerously!" -- The Editor (Probably Edna Beilenson again.) Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY.

Readers' cooking tips from the August issue of Sunset magazine. The illustrator's name wasn't available due to some pages that were missing. But these are typical of the pics (almost always B&W or duotone) that appeared during the Fifties.

Compiled by Evelyn Loeb, with illustrations by Maggie Jarvis. No poetic intro here. Also, way fewer illustrations per book than there were in the Fifties. Still some nice work, though. Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback, published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York.

And, for the wrap-up: Swedish Meat Balls, Sherried Eggs With Cheese, Swiss Cheese Fondue, Sour Cream Sauce, Shrimp Pilau, Tomato Orange Soup, Tomato Soup With Wine, Tomato-Cheese Pizza, Tania's Onion Soup, Umberto's Calves' Liver, Various Quick Sandwich Spreads (last and best: Raw Beef ["Cannibal"]), Veal Steak, Veal Scaloppine, Viennese Rice, and Wine Flavored Fish Fillets.

"With the increasing informality of the dinner party, the canape' or hors d'oeuvre has become more and more useful as a substitute for the first course..." Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York.

"Fine French wines have temperament. They hate to be handled like crates of canned beef by people who don't understand them..." Makes you wonder how French cattle feel, doesn't it? From Gourmet magazine.