IT was the Time of the Season... The Beatle Invasion and Mania! Elvis married Priscilla! Woodstock! "The Twist" It was expected that young ladies finished high school, knew how to cook and how to sew, got married, set-up housekeeping and had babies! Then there was this awakening called Feminism! And along came "The Pill" too!
OH the Sixties! The decade called the Culture and Social Revolution!
Love, Peace, War! Riots and Change! We endured the heart-felt loss of Jack, Martin and Bobby to assassins and THE WAR in Vietnam that was ever present!
We saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it! We challenged the WHY and asked the WHY Nots!
Yep, and I was part of this!
"Class of 1969" and an ARMY Brat, the Cold War and world issues and human and civil rights and concerns were part of my daily life! Movies such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, To Sir With Love!, To Kill a Mockingbird, Psycho, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and more were in the theatres and at the drive-in picture shows!
Then there was the Cuban Missile Crisis; the 'muscle cars' hit our streets in the form of beauty and style of the Mustang, the GTO, the Super Sport, and we witnessed one of space exploration's finest moments... the First Man Walks on the Moon! the debut of Star Trek and the First Super Bowl! Oh the stories I have about this great decade!
"We saw things differently...
and the world was never the same!" - Nancy Manlove
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| Second Row, third from the right... that's me... Chef Nancy Manlove, a product of the 60's |
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| It was July 20th, 1969... I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when this happened, it was the day before my 18th birthday, so how could I ever forget! |
Oh and let's not forget about the food trends of the 60's
The 60s encouraged showy, complicated food with French influence (Julia Child, Jacqueline Kennedy), suburban devotion (backyard barbecues), vegetarian curiosity (Frieda Caplan) and ethnic cuisine (soul food, Japanese Steak houses). This was also the decade of flaming things (fondue & Steak Diane) and lots and lots of junk food (aimed at the baby boom children). "Average" suburban families patronized family-style restaurant chains like Howard Johnson's. The first Wendy's restaurant opened in 1969 and we discovered Red Lobster and and Domino's Pizza. Technological marvels such as instant mashed potatoes, freeze dried coffee, Cool Whip, Tang and powdered cheese owe their success to this era. Cola's were sold in cans in addition to glass bottles.
So it was perfect that I got the chance to return to the Food Network's Cutthroat Kitchen special series known as the TIME Warp Tournament. And yes, I was lucky to be in the 1960s Heat! It's 16 winning chefs of their own episode on Cutthroat Kitchen that battles it out as contestants! The Food Network kicks off the TIME WARP tournament with the 1950s heat on June 1st and as time goes by, I show up as a contestant on June 8th! So tune in... watch and enjoy the visit back to the 1960s. Set your DVRs for Wednesday June 8, 2016 for 8PM CT! This is going to be a GREAT Blast from the PAST!
The Timeline of the 60's proves we did not have the Food Network yet! So I am super glad I lived through all of this and watched technologies change hand over fist and we have awesome at-our-fingertips foodie entertainment today! For now.. let's do the TIME WARP AGAIN!
Remember to always "KISS the Cook"
For Now... Bon VIVANT!
Chef Nancy Manlove
WINNER OF CUTTHROAT KITCHEN
TV Celebrity Chef, i45NOW Cooking Show Host (coming soon), Personal Chef, Cooking Lessons, Party Planning, Menu & Recipe Creator, Food Photography, Kitchen Set-ups, Blogger Light
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