… who wouldn’t entertain without a proper hostess apron. Mad Men is back and I just had to celebrate with something appropriately festive. Some red organza and taffeta seemed to fit the mood. A whiskey sour and some Chex mix and I was ready for the premiere!
For pre-game entertainment, I also had a fresh copy of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook to peruse. The show does a terrific job mining the details of the times and this book is the perfect companion for those of us who are food obsessed. It all rings perfectly true. The history. The canapes. The Waldorf salad. The pineapple upside down cake. And of course, the cocktails … though only the Martini held sway in our household. In our house the food was the focus, and mom owned both Julia Child’s books and Peg Bracken’s “I Hate to Cook Book!”
Of course, with the full on-slaught of the 60s coming, aprons will be tossed aside as symbols of female repression. Peggy and Megan will not be tying on an apron any time soon. So I guess I’ll have to start looking for some mod fabric to make an apron for Sally to wear when she cracks open the Betty Crocker Boys’ & Girls’ Cookbook in an attempt to win her father’s favor …
