How to make an Virus-Fighting Elderberry Winter Tonic Recipe
(Originally published in August 2015, post updated in August 2021) It’s a bumper crop year for elderberries here in Nebraska, it appears. Just this morning, I was on my way…
Read more“So Long, Summer” Ratatouille: Queen of the Fall Garden Melange
Edited just for you in September 2019, though the pictures of little Mack are so cute that I left them alone. 🙂 Ratatouille has so many things going for it…
Read moreLemon meringue cupcakes from Mom’s kitchen & a bit about insomnia
What a lovely sight: my mom standing in my kitchen, with an experiment from hers: a plate of meringue-topped cupcakes! This is the way every day should begin, mused I,…
Read more* Snow Day = Snow Ice Cream *
me: It’s Ask Mrs. Dr. Science Day, children. I am Mrs. Dr. Science and you may ask me any question you like. Yes, little boy in the front row? Mack:Â Aw,…
Read moreSwedish pancakes, the way my Swedish grandma made them
In the past few years, I have come to a startling realization, to wit: I am becoming my Grandma. The first time I canned tomatoes, and planted a garden, and…
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