The 1950s were brimming with ingenious cooking ... So, grab that Pyrex dish, queue up a playlist from the golden oldies era, and let the oven do the magic while you go about your day.

Even as a teenager before he found fame with The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was discovering excellent music from a variety of genres.

Early television in the 1950s was a freewheeling frontier of both live and taped offerings mostly dominated by comedies, game shows, kids programs, and westerns like "I Love Lucy," "The $64,000 ...