On Thursday, March 20, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Scott J. Sipiora wrote:
> I am throwing an old fashioned Cocktail Party. Just like my parents used
> to have when I was a kid. There will be formal attire, vintage music (Mel
> Torme, Dean Martin, Sinatra, etc).
> I am doing this because I feel we are losing "The Art of the Cocktail".
> Young people today never dress up for non work occasions other than
> weddings an funerals. We usually only drink beer or wine, and if we do
> drink mixed drinks they are from a very limited selection (rum and coke,
> gin and tonic, etc)
> Now all I need are some vintage recipes to go with the party. I'm not
> looking for something disgusting from the past that we have let die a
> natural death. I'm looking for items which were once "The Rage" of the
> period.
> Any ideas? Anne, with your cookbook archives there surely must be
> something in there.
> Thanks in advance.
> Scott
> --
> Scott J. Sipiora, Interface Designer
> SPSS Inc.
> 444 N. Michigan Ave.
> Chicago, IL 60611
> 312-329-3447
>

How far back 'vintage' goes?

On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 15:34:23 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 20, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Scott J. Sipiora wrote:
>> I am throwing an old fashioned Cocktail Party. Just like my parents used
>> to have when I was a kid. There will be formal attire, vintage music (Mel
>> Torme, Dean Martin, Sinatra, etc).
>> I am doing this because I feel we are losing "The Art of the Cocktail".
>> Young people today never dress up for non work occasions other than
>> weddings an funerals. We usually only drink beer or wine, and if we do
>> drink mixed drinks they are from a very limited selection (rum and coke,
>> gin and tonic, etc)
>> Now all I need are some vintage recipes to go with the party. I'm not
>> looking for something disgusting from the past that we have let die a
>> natural death. I'm looking for items which were once "The Rage" of the
>> period.
>> Any ideas? Anne, with your cookbook archives there surely must be
>> something in there.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Scott
>> --
>> Scott J. Sipiora, Interface Designer
>> SPSS Inc.
>> 444 N. Michigan Ave.
>> Chicago, IL 60611
>> 312-329-3447
>>
>
>How far back 'vintage' goes?
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Not Dave Smith.