A Gorgeous Eggplant Pie from the Fifties
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It's a rainy day, and I've been looking through this very old issue of Gourmet. Came upon these two delicious-looking recipes that strike me as both delicious and surprising. Not what most Americans were eating back in the fifties!
I couldn't help throwing in a couple of ads from old traders - and a prescription for a Penthouse Party.
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