The Spirit of Seventy-Six!

In honor of the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence, all recipes through August 16, 2026 are from Centennial and Bicentennial cookbooks and the 1796 first American cookbook. Enjoy this look at the (gastronomic) spirit of ’76 as we enjoy the sestercentennial!

I’ve also published a Sestercentennial Cookery with recipes and photos.

Milk Fluff: Kathy Stratton’s Milk Fluff, from her 1960 High School notebook.; nutmeg; high school; sixties; 1960s; eggs; beverages; drinks; milk; egg nog; eggnog; My mom

This wonderful eggnog-like recipe is from my mom’s high school notebook. You can easily make three or four servings in the blender, depending on how many people you have. And it requires no oven or stovetop. It’s a wonderful cold beverage for a quick and cooling breakfast on a hot August morning. Or, add a bit of bourbon or rum and make it a wonderful cooling evening beverage!

Makes a great evening dessert, too.

Drop in again soon for another vintage recipe! I’ll have a different recipe every Sunday afternoon throughout the year. Keep an eye on this page or subscribe to the RSS feed for further details. You can also browse past featured Club recipes as well as some of the vintage promotional cookbooks I’ve used as sources. And I collect many of these recipes in A Traveling Man’s Cookery Book.

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This is what enjoying life is all about. To be together. Food, family, friends. Wine. — Jacques Pépin (Heart & Soul: Fete Des Boules)