Forty Years Ago Today....

Couldn't resist trolling through the January, 1977 issue of Gourmet, just to remind myself what a different world it was.  I found many ads for long-gone restaurants....

Along with a reminder that in those days travel was both safe and cheap.

Recipes, however, were often time-consuming.  This issue suggested pike quenelles with shrimp sauce (an all-day project), baked Alaska, puff pastry.... well you get the idea.

It also, however, featured this recipe for a banana cake that strikes me as both unusual and appealing.