I was referred to a dietician when I switched medical providers. It was a good reminder of what I already knew, but from which I had slipped away in practice. My husband and I always have primarily subsisted on home cooking. But I grew up on a farm – and farm cooking is my baseline. […]
Tell-tale Food
d is one of the richest sources to mine for stories to share. Women’s lives have centered around food tech and food stuffs long into the distant past. It is a shame to allow stories or sustenance fade away.
Recipes – The R of Legacy Tools
Boxes Before their were personal computers, foodies, and food sites sharing every recipe known to humankind, there were recipe boxes and a few treasured cookbooks in every kitchen. The recipe box I best remember was a dark wooden one. It was mortice and tenon joined box, and the short sides were curved. My mother treasured […]
Old Wives Tales
is for Old Wives Tales The phrase, “Old Wives Tales” conveys many, contradictory meanings and images. Old is not a bad thing. Old is alive, and experienced. We can actually use the phrase itself to illustrate some of the clues that such phrases can contain and convey. Old – In our youth-focused […]
Thanksgiving Weekend in Review
I have not been active in any gratitude months, weeks, lists or activities recently. Does that make me ungrateful or unthankful? Nope. It just makes me an independent agent of appreciation this year. I missed my daughter terribly, but she had a good Thanksgiving with her honey and his brother’s family up in the Great […]
Sunny Day After Wonderful Off-Season Family Visit
I am so pleased that our family gathering that began on March 14th and just ended yesterday on the 24th went exceptionally well. I can’t imagine having family from all over the country and friends from the next state over visit in our home in some combination for 10 days solid and being in as good of a mood as I am today had we done this at Christmas-time.