Andrea probably won’t post about this because it’s kind of outside the scope of her blog on parenting, so it looks like I get dibs. She’s lately taken up this admirable hobby of cleaning out our lives of some stuff we no longer need or want, only instead of donating it to Goodwill or a similar organization, she’s joined a local Freecycle mailing list. Our attic and garage are much less cluttered, with the notable exception of a stack of back issues of Bon Appetit she couldn’t resist picking up. The earliest one I saw when I rifled through the pile was from 1976, and contained a fascinating recipe for a flambé salad. No, really, I’m not making this up.
Her excellent idea is to pick several likely-looking recipes from the 1970’s issues, and have a 1970’s dinner party. I suppose it would be like a pot luck wouldn’t it? Maybe a cocktail party with 1970’s appetizers would be fun, too.