Photos by Julia Laxer Today we are going to look at recipe for a spicy shrimp, pork and bok choy stir fry simmered in a peanut satay...

w. Hot-and-Sour Soup, Steamed Parsnips and Carrots in Hot Peanut Butter Sauce, Cauliflower Fu-Yung, Hot Mushroom and Asparagus Salad and...

By using a high-low method you can produce a bird with crispier skin and that is much less dry. Photos by Julia Laxer One of the problems...

Uncovered in 1969, these snapshots show a chess game between Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov at Maxim Gorky's villa on the Italian island of...

In something of a departure from our usual Vintage Cookbook TBT here we are looking at a "found recipe" that could be an alternative for...

Today's recipe is inspired by all the recipes I have seen over the years in various vintage community cookbooks that had names like "Easy...

w. Huevos Rancheros, Guacamole, Cocido, Carne En Salsa Roja and more. Vintage Cookbook: The Art of Mexican Cooking, Jan Aaron & Georgine...

Photos by Julia Laxer This exceptionally easy, cheesy eggplant treat works great as either a tasty side dish, first course or as a light...

Photos by Julia Laxer This delicious curry uses eggplant two ways with a number of different seasonings and ingredients to make a...

w. Eggplant and Salad, Echmiadzin Bozbash and Tolma Wrapped in Grape Leaves From "Still Life With Garlic", painting 1962 Akop Tigranovich...

w. Velvet Mushrooms, Smoked Pomfret Garnished with Salad, Sweet and Sour Pork, Eight Treasures Rice Pudding and more. The Chinese Cookery...

w. Camembert in Wine, Vegetarian Pizza, Chilied Pork Balls, Blender Banana Cookies and more. Margo Oliver ( 1923 – 2010 ) in 1982 was one...

w. Cherry Vareniki, Galushki, Kievsky Salad and Borsch, Ukrainian style. In the December, 1969 issue of the English language magazine...

After a one year hiatus our popular feature is back. 2020 is over halfway done...and the time is at hand for a roundup of the best songs...

Whether as a summer backyard appetizer or a Friday night main with a friend or partner, this spectacularly easy, fiery spicy and totally...

Published in 1976 this folder of 12 images of Vitebsk in the Byelorussian SSR was aimed at domestic audience and was printed entirely in...

w. Vanilla-Nut Icebox Cookies, Honey-Ginger Drops, English Raisin Cookies, Prune Bars and more. Vintage Cookbook: McCall's Cookie...

w. "Kuyalnik" Rolls, Odessa Rissoles and the "Tourist Special". Odessa night street scene, 1975 -- from our post: Second World War Hero...

Known then as Yuzovka, Donetsk at the time of the revolution was a mining city with a population of just over 50,000. After the triumph...

As any longtime reader of The Left Chapter knows, I love oxtail a truly succulent and delicious meat when properly prepared, though this...