I did a little digging for all of you still on the quest for lost recipes from the writers and editors of our beloved newspapers.
The Chicago Tribune
Article "Recipes readers miss most" By Monica Kass Rogers, October 21, 2009
The list of lost recipes includes Kirk Douglas' tough guy meatloaf, Marshall Field's Hermit Cookies, Bob Chinn's Asian-style steamed fish. Jacky's Bistro roast chicken with vegetables, La Maison de Bonbon's hot fudge, The Berghoff's crabmeat au gratin,
Phil Smidt & Son frog's legs and tartar sauce. (Freelance writer Monica Kass Rogers has launched lostrecipesfound.com to find and feature lost recipes home cooks request and the stories that go with them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-1021-lost-recipesoct21-htmlstory,0,3363415.htmlstory
The New York Times
Article New Orleans Salvages Recipes Stolen by a Storm By KIM SEVERSON, Jan 20, 2009
Recipes that were always cooked in the homes of South Louisiana include classics like court-bouillon and two kinds of king cake and recipes from restaurants damaged by the storm, including tasso shrimp from Commander’s Palace and Mosca’s Elmwood oysters, a casserole of oysters and highly seasoned buttery bread crumbs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/dining/21book.html
The Honolulu Adviser Long-lost recipes resurface By Wanda A. Adams, June 16, 2004
Palama by the Sea Foam cookies, Pottery Steak House's Hen Sauce from Sam Uyehara...
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jun/16/il/il19ataste.html
The Post & Currier
Recipes: Red Rice without a steamer - This non-steamer recipe originally appeared in The Post and Courier's former 'Loved and Lost' column:
http://www.postandcourier.com/recipes/
LA Weekly Recipes
How To Cook Like a Movie Star: Marilyn Monroe's Stuffing Recipe
By Amy Scattergood, Nov. 12 2010
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/11/marilyn_monroes_stuffing_recip.php
The Times News
Readers can write in for recipes like, spaghetti sauce used at the old Pizzaville restaurant in Burlington. Jack King submitted the recipe back in 1988, McKinney's requested a "Rocky Mount" or Rocky Mountain Cake recipe, Ann Sykes' requested a Rice Pudding recipe, an anonymous wrote in for an Oreo Dirt Cake recipe, a Mrs. Santilli said she's missing a recipe for Easter Bread and needs help finding one. "My late husband was Italian and his mother made this deli...the list goes on and on.
http://www.thetimesnews.com/sections/exchange-recipes/
The historic foodie blog
"shares a few newspaper clippings"
http://thehistoricfoodie.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/lost-recipes/
Cookbook by Julesong
Recipes featured in newspapers all over the world.
Recipes found sent in by folks who saved newspaper copies include Portuguese Egg Bread by Zula, Asparagus Risotto With Shrimp and Lemon by Vino Girl, No-Cook Matzoh Cake, By Chef Dudo
http://www.food.com/cookbook/newspaper-recipes-30575
Mike Isabella's Pepperoni Sauce (For Pasta)By alligirl May 23, 2011 | Recipe #457131
Published in the Newark Star Ledger, praised by Gail Simmons, served on braised pork shoulder. Read more:
http://www.food.com/recipe/mike-isabellas-pepperoni-sauce-for-pasta-457131#ixzz1jNNXUlB6
P.S. Public libraries, like the one I've used in Newark, New Jersey can help you conduct searches for archived copies of newspaper for the time period in which the recipe appeared.
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