Happy Monday morning, everyone! RetroRuth here, and I am excited to announce the winner of the super fab original El Gato Gomez painting, “Gato Classico”! But first, I have to send a big thank you out to El Gato herself for creating such an amazing piece of artwork specifically for…
Hey everyone! RetroRuth here, and I want to send out a HUGE welcome to our newest sponsor on NPR – the incredibly talented El Gato Gomez! If you haven’t seen some of her fabulous art before, you are in for a treat. If you HAVE seen her stuff before (either…
By RetroRuth This is it, everyone! Thanks to all the readers who shared their Santa stories with us, and an extra-special big thanks goes out to Diane from WhatsBuzzin.com, THE Retro Christmas Card Company for providing all the fab prizes and picking the winners! And I have a super-exciting extra…
By RetroRuth I seriously don’t know if I believe this, but the holiday season is almost upon us! Where has all the time gone?? I swear it was summertime, like, yesterday. But no matter where the time went this year, it is definitely November now. And November means a lot…
By RetroRuth It was an epic contest over on The Mid-Century Menu. It spanned about 4 months and had 10 winners. I really can’t blame you if you couldn’t keep track of all the gelatin-goodness (There was a ton of it!), so I decided to do a re-cap so we…
By RetroRuth Today we have something a little strange on The Mid-Century Menu. In fact, we have Tom’s choice for the Glistening and Jiggly Contest, which just happens to be these: Herb-Glazed Sandwiches, sent in by reader Sara. Yep, that’s right, an open-faced sandwich covered with lemon gelatin. It doesn’t…
This week on The Mid-Century we have a great gelatin from April! Grandma Porter’s Lime Jell-O with Avocado & Grapefruit! It also happens to be my choice for the most interesting gelatin submitted for our Glistening and Jiggly contest. Way to go, April! And, it also made Tom laugh. Just…
By RetroRuth Today on the Mid-Century Menu, we reveal the winner of the Best Recipe in the Glistening and Jiggly Gelatin Contest! Raspberry Rhubarb Salad! Thanks to Pat who sent in this great recipe! I have to tell you, Tom was very happy. It may not look like it, but…
By RetroRuth Today over on the Mid-Century Menu we have Lemon Jell-O Cake, the Second Place Winner in the Glistening and Jiggly contest! This recipe was sent in by Martha K., and is really good. It was so good, in fact, that it just may have coaxed a little smile…
This week on The Mid-Century Menu, we are making cookies!! Out of a box of Jell-O, if you can believe that. Although, with those Technicolor cookies, you probably can believe it. And everyone is happy, especially Tom. Even though he is still a little suspicious. Come on over to The…
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