Baking Soda I Baking Soda II Two years after Dr.Church’s retirement from Dwight and Co. Dr. Church helped his sons develop Church and Co. where they marketed their product under the name Arm and Hammer. Dwight and Co. and Church and Co., while in competition with each other, were still family. So in 1869 the …
Kettle Corn & Popcorn from the Bat Cave
Noticed I was a bit absent? No?? I will pretend that you did. I was busy spending quality time with my twin sister who was visiting from DC. We ate local, drank local, and spent time talking about food and our futures. One day in particular, she made us a big batch of kettle corn …
Boiled Peanuts
Slurp ‘em like oysters I say! Boiled Peanuts are something like a soft cooked bean (duh! It’s a legume!) in a firm, inedible, shell. They are also addicting. During my very first job at the produce stand I would snack on green beans and boiled peanuts. In the heat of the Florida summer, I sat …
Lemon Balm and Mojitos for a Balmy Day
Lemon Balm was probably my first potted herb. I have long had container gardens, never living anywhere long enough to put down roots. The smell was probably what attracted me. Every time I walk by I crush a few leaves in my fingers just to catch another whiff of the intoxicating smell. What: (Melissa officinalis) …
Cast Iron Cookware
I have a couple of pans that I am truly loyal to. Ones which live within reach always. They are never put away and they are never in the way. The one that lives somewhere near the front of the stove is a 10” skillet that use to be my grandmothers. It is old, …
Tapas
My first experience traveling abroad was to Spain. I will always have a special love for Spain. It was there that I was introduced to tapas and other small plates. You could mingle, eat one of these, a bite of that, never too much. A fantastic social atmosphere, where conversations and complements are a cultivated …
Nettles, Perfect for Spring Foraging
Nettles Today I heard lots of bird chatter on my run. It must be spring. The mornings are still frosty but warm up quickly into glorious sunny afternoons where you linger in the light of what seems like a fresh new sun holding onto the day. New growth is starting to peek out of …
Quinoa – The Mother Grain
Quinoa - The Mother Grain. The first time I served quinoa to my husband for dinner, the conversation before hand went a little like this: him, "what are we having for dinner tonight," me, "[something] with quinoa." "Keen what?" "Keen-wah" "whats that?" "quinoa," "really what’s for dinner?" "Quin-Wah" "huh?" "KEEN WAH" him, "I mean, is …
Nancy Warner 