Muffins have been around in our food culture for a long time. The word muffin first appears in print in the 18th century and appears as a recipe by the mid-18th century. I found two different descriptions of where the word came from. One source claimed it was an old French term which when applied to bread means soft. The other… Continue reading
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Blueberry Muffins – An All American Favorite
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Cabbage – A Victorian vegetable rediscovered.
Sunday, July 11th, 2010There are quite a few cabbage recipes in Great Aunt Lillian’s cookbook. It’s the end of the “spring” season cabbage weather here in the south and we won’t get any more in our local Farmer’s Market’s (I’m partial to the Five Points Market that takes place right outside my museum door!) until fall.
I’ve been meaning to make the interesting… Continue reading
Unchained Vacation – Viriginia and Maryland
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Dan and I took a week-long vacation recently to visit family and friends in Maryland and Virginia. Of course, when we travel we try to do as much as possible unchained. On this trip we stayed with friends in Maryland and family in Virginia. When you stay with people who don’t always hold to your unchained values, we can run into some problems. Sort of like a vegetarian who travels… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Shopping Local at the 5 Points Farmers Market
Sunday, July 12th, 2009It’s not everyday that you can say that your work and your personal life completely converge, but yesterday that happened for me when the 5 Points Market was launched at the Museum Center at 5ive Points here in Cleveland, TN.
It’s also not often that a history museum gets to be the site of a farmers market. But thanks to our great downtown location and… Continue reading | 1 Comment
My one and only concession to fast food
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
It’s the tick’s fault actually. That would be a bug tick, rather than some nervous tic that I might have developed since going chain-free. About a month ago while beginning to care for the puppy we are fostering, I got bit on the back by a tick.
Being Yankees, my husband and I are still not… Continue reading | 6 Comments
