Published by : Amalia

5 Breakfasts in an Egg Shortage

Eggs, the shortage du jour. I feel like we’ve all learned to accept the plague of the month and whatever upheaval accompanies it. At the moment (at least in the USA), it’s the bird flu that’s left us with expensive eggs or sometimes, hard to find eggs. Supplies may occasionally run low and they may be ridiculously expensive in some…

A Housewife Who Loves History

Who cares about housewife history? “That’s the past! Time marches on! Progress, y’know? I’m no tradwife!” I’m not what people call a tradwife, either. I wouldn’t be eligible for membership if I wanted to be one. There isn’t a single prairie dress in my closet, I use (gasp) ziploc bags, and I don’t cook by candlelight. Yet, my homemaking has…

Vintage Christmas Stories (many are free!)

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Here we are again, smack dab into another Christmas season. However, to be perfectly honest, in this home, the Christmas season runs from November 1st to January 1st-ish. My goal is to jam-pack the two months with Christmas music, lights, movies, food, and hopefully a blizzard. Getting my fill…

Depression Applesauce Cake Recipe
Depression Applesauce Cake Recipe

A few months ago a friend Aaryne sent me a little booklet she ran across somewhere in her travels. It made her think of me, she said, which shows she knows me pretty well. It’s called Successful Baking for Flavor and Texture.  The name alone is a giveaway that it wasn’t written recently. It was published in 1936 by the…