What do you know about World War I cooking? Probably very little. It’s not a highlight of culinary history. Go back to the simple life, be contented with simple food, simple pleasures, simple clothes. Work hard, pray hard, play hard. Work, eat, recreate, and sleep. Do it all courageously. ~Herbert Hoover, US Food Administration in World War I I’m one…

Did you know that you can make your own kombucha SCOBY? Maybe you’ve neglected or mistreated your SCOBY or it’s gotten contaminated. Or, maybe you want to start brewing your own kombucha for the first time. The easiest way is to get a SCOBY from a friend but that’s not always possible. Making a SCOBY takes time, but very little…

Peanut Cookies is a small batch, gluten-free cookie recipe and a fun variation from a typical peanut butter cookie recipe. To continue the thought introduced in my last post…. I prefer using old cookbooks in my kitchen. One of the reasons is that the recipes use common ingredients, many of which I grow in my garden, just like the cookbooks’…