Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Household Utopia

Don't you just adore the post WWII images of the "typical" household? Images and faces that seem like such a perfect comforting place to be....home. These faces look back at you like there is not a care in the world. I love those. I wanted to share some of my vintage booklet images I have- so you could see their smiling faces and giggle at the silliness of it all. Didn't these people have bratty kids or bills to worry about?
I have to say, "Sorry to disappoint." This isn't in fact my family in this image! They do not show the same enthusiasm for a new recipe from a cookbook that these happy Cold War Era people on this booklet cover do. I cook with imagination and by assembling memorized concoctions that are generational family favorites. I don't let cookbooks box me in to how food should go together to taste right and yummy. 

Why, YES! Thank you for asking. I do enjoy my Frigidaire!! Do You? I always cook in heels like that too. Do You?
Did you spot the sarcasm ?
These images also make me think of the movie "Blast From The Past". It is a great silly movie about a family living inside a backyard fallout shelter.
I love red and white and vintage so these booklets shown are a hit with me. I have them tucked in with my milk glass that is in a barrister case in my kitchen.