This is what dinner party food looked like in the 1970s – CNN

(CNN) — Ham and bananas hollandaise. Eggs in a cage. Beef tingler. In the days before Instagram, before clean eating and kombucha, aspirational cooking — in 1970s Britain at least — meant a showstopper dinner party. Set-piece dishes were designed to astound, and often confound. Inspiration came from recipe cards and cook books, where the … Read more