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It’s a leftie, which I love.  Why, oh why, do we never see the 1963s?

I was puzzled by that timer, too, which is why I posted a closeup.    I forgot to point out that the kitchen has white or yellowish cabinets and yellow flooring; the butler’s pantry has celadon or Stratford green cabinets and flooring.  The sink with the standpipes is in the butler’s pantry...

Ms. Post died in 1972, still in residence at Hillwood. That may explain the presence of some newer appliances.

My husband and I were in DC recently, and we went to Hillwood House for part of the day.  It’s a house museum that was once the residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post.  The museum’s claim to fame is that they have two of the Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs.  The place is actually packed with...

I really like this little thing, but not for the price they’ve listed.   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chromalox-Double-Burner-Hot-Plate-Stove-Edwin-L-Wiegand-Co-/222183029795?hash=item33bb23fc23:g:l70AAOSwyKxXhBDV

Two shows that fascinated me as a child were Greek Islands Cooking with Theonie Mark, and The Romagnoli’s Table with Franco and Margaret Romagnoli.  Living in the rural South, I had never seen anything like what they were doing.  I liked the Greek and Syrian food that our friends gave us, but...

I learned to cook from Julia Child’s book, From Julia’s Kitchen.  The French Chef was no longer on TV when I was growing up, other than a few random episodes from time to time, so I only had the book.  She was very thorough and a good teacher.  At some point in my life, I have cooked just about...

Julia Child’s very first set, for her three pilot episodes that are apparently all lost, was the display kitchen at the Boston Gas Company.  When the pilots turned into The French Chef series, the set for the first few seasons was the display kitchen at the Cambridge Electric Company.  The...

Even after prohibition, home-distillation for consumption was never made legal in any state, as far as I know.  There are possibly exceptions.  The issue back then was taxation, because homemade liquor bypassed the tax, and the state was not going to let that happen.  A minor concern then but a...

Back to the Waltons ...   There is a Walton’s Mountain Museum in Schuyler, Virginia.  I have never been there, even though I lived fairly close to it for years.  As I understand it, the Museum focuses on the TV show; I’m not sure how much they delve into the reality of life in Schuyler, which...

I’m not here to defend Communism, because it was a disaster of epic proportions in every country that tried it.  However, I will speak out a bit on behalf of the people of the 1930s who were living through a period when capitalism had utterly failed, and when many, many people were looking...

Hans, can you post a picture of your new setup? It sounds fantastic, and I am jealous. I really want both gas and electric. Each has its own strengths.

For electric units, the problem isn’t just poor quality, it’s near total lack of availability.  As far as I know, there is no such thing as a high-end electric cooktop any more.  My aunt needed to replace hers, and we could only find one, single, solitary model, and it was totally cheap and...

My Frigidaire is not infinite switch, and I mostly like it that way.  I know what I’m getting with each setting.   The issue of warping has come up before, and I learned a lot about it here.  I had always noticed random red hot-spots on the radiantubes, and I wondered why they moved around...

It does look complete.  That’s worth something.

The range is the one-oven model.  Too bad, or I might be interested.  It’s not far away from me.

This is a 30″—a Thrify 30, as Frigidaire called it!  Robert has the Owner’s Manual for the ’54 in his Automatice.   If there’s any bad news lurking around in that unit, it is almost guaranteed to be with the clock and timer apparatus.  Since you mentioned that is an important feature for you...

That unit is really pretty and appears to be in good condition.  I’m always willing to pay a premium for a TOL in good shape and in a rare color, but $1200 seems excessive to me.  Of course, it’s still cheaper than a good new one.  I’m conflicted, because this one really catches my eye, but I’m...

For the price, I’m tempted to get this one myself.  I paid a lot more for mine, but the color was rare enough to make it worth it to me.

The gray clock means ’53.  I have the ’54 with the brick-red clock; the unit itself is Sherwood Green.  I absolutely adore it.  It’s an amazing piece of kitchen equipment.   The burners are the same style as the Flair, but someone else will have to confirm if they are truly identical. They are...