Edith Adams

If the Edith Adams homemaker files from the 1920′s to 1990′s were a universe, we’ve so far only managed to explore from Burnaby to Burquitlam. But even with that tiny segment of this vast treasure trove revealed, we’re finding some amazing things. Today’s fun comes from an index card file, buried deep in the Edith [...]

Dear Edith Adams: My dear aunt Felicity used to tell me when I was younger about an old Edith Adams trick she used to keep silk stockings in ship shape. The years have not been kind to the details of her advice, so I wondered if you know of any silk stockings maintenance tips from [...]

August 3, 1950: Dear Edith Adams: I was wondering if you could use an idea for a foot scraper in your paper. I made a foot scraper out of the end of an apple box. The board should be a thick one about 1 inch through. I saved up my bottle caps and tacked them [...]

As Valentine’s Day neared in 1940, with the world at war and Hitler on the march, one could be forgiven for thinking the women of Vancouver could use some kind words, loving embraces and maybe the odd box of chocolates from their husbands. Whether or not they got those things, the bar on what would [...]

A breakfast staple today, the humble omelette (or ‘omelet’, as was the tradition of the time) starts out as bearen eggs, cooked and flipped in a frying pan, but what goes into those eggs has many forms. The Denver Omelette, with diced onions, peppers and ham is a favourite seen on just about every diner [...]

We have no idea what year this is from, but buried deep in a box of recipe index cards this morning we found a folded flyer from the Vancouver Sun pressmen, offering trivia facts about the printing process and a handy how-to guide on making your own pressman’s hat. For the uninitiated, those hearty Sun [...]

From The Vancouver Sun’s earliest days, advertisers have understood the power of being associated with our expert editorial content. Burgeoning industries have paid for the right to be seen in our pages alongside the wisdom of Edith Adams going all the way back to 1924. Going through the archives is like taking a guided tour [...]

In the post-war years, the boom in air travel really opened up the world to those with an adventurous spirit, and the Edith Adams crew were right there to explore (at least to western palates) new cuisines. This article served for many BC homemakers as their first exposure to the crazy concept that fish could [...]

By Edith Adams, December 28, 1968 ‘Tis the season to indulge! The trouble is, it’s too easy to over-indulge. Almost all of us, for one reason or the other, greet the New Year’s morning with something less than joy. Most of us feel we have overeaten. And some of us know we’ve had both too [...]

By Edith Adams, Sept 1, 1976 In the fall months, picnic time often means tailgate time. The idea is that you set the picnic fare out on the station wagon tailgate, then find a comfortable place to eat – outside if the weather’s nice, inside the car if it’s not. Tailgate menus can be hot [...]