Jello salads containing all manner of oddities were quite the rage in the 1950s and 60s, but I didn’t realize they were popular before that. I’ve actually eaten a salad something like this as a kid, and I just may have to try it again to see
Read more →I have a fascination with the little details of history, bits of wisdom, glimpses of how life used to be at this or that point in time. Recently I was going through keepsakes from my grandmother and found this recipe book from 1928 that includes cooking
Read more →One of the most beloved forms of traditional quilt is a friendship quilt, where names are embroidered on blocks, and I was privileged to play a small part in reuniting a lost quilt top with the daughter of the woman who pieced it. A member of
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