Who’s A Saucy Girl?

Blame it on Seventeen magazine circa 1980s. Amid the legwarmers, scrunchies and plaid suspenders lurked a monthly food feature called Now You’re Cooking. Groan-inducing, goody-goody headers (“Wok With a Friend”) gave way to surprisingly worthy recipes for family dinners or dreamy party plans for the gang. A recipe hoarder was born.

This is really less of a cooking blog (and sad lack of pix while awaiting a camera) and more of an electronic recipe collection. It is helping rid me of an awkward binder stuffed with decaying clippings. It features treasured tried and true recipes from my cookbook collection, family, friends, restaurants and other inspired sources.

The influence of Seventeen’s uncomplicated recipes and simple ingredient lists sticks to this day. Whenever I spy a recipe listing about half a dozen ingredients, I feel a familiar pang.

I am always searching for lost Seventeen Magazine recipes from the 80s and 90s, and a lot of you are, too. Feel free to ask and to share if you are a collector as well.

Warm regards,
Saucy