I bought a now vintage cookbook…that I remember seeing around when I was a kid. This was something the Junior League of Philadelphia put out during the Bicentennial.

The recipes since this was a cookbook that made its debut in 1976, are a combination of classic and dated. For example, there are more basic Jell-O mold recipes then I’ve seen in other places in a while.

However, there’s a bunch of fun stuff in this cookbook and I did make one recipe this week. I made the chicken tetrazzini. It actually turned out remarkably well. I do not however, use canned vegetables so I used fresh mushrooms, and I sautéed them with an onion and some garlic.

Anyway, here are all the various photos of my creation. I did also substitute Marsala for the sherry, because I didn’t have any.

I also used a combination of shredded Swiss and Gruyère with grated Manchego. I had a piece of leftover Manchego and decided that would add the sharpness the recipe calls for.

Other than these deviations, I pretty much stuck to a recipe for once and it was honestly surprisingly good.