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✦ Nostalgic Dining - Retro Menus, Restaurants & Hotels Hub

Preserved from my vintage cookbooks, restaurant pamphlets, hotel menus, and recipe collections from the 1940s–1970s.

Restaurant Recipes From My Personal Collection - Tested

sweet and sour pork in pineapple dish 
Archival recipe tested - Lost Palm Springs Recipe from Don the Beachcomber in Palm Springs
margarita 1970s style 
Archival recipe tested - Make The Perfect Palm Springs 1970s Margarita!
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Personal Collection of The Brown Derby Restaurant Recipes - Untested

brown derby cobb salad recipe
brown derby spaghetti
brown derby apple and cherry pie
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Copycat Recipes

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Howard Johnson’s Restaurant Vintage Split & Grilled Hot Dog

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Hotel and Motel Recipes Tested

Cornbread recipe that comes from a vintage hotel The Baldpate Inn.