In a world where people avoid gluten at all costs, I decided to make a recipe called simply, “Gluten.” This week I jumped ahead to the 1940s to try the homemade gluten recipe. I was supposed to be making something called Vermicelli Nut Pie from 1914, but I could not find a product called Nuttolene. ...
As I sat on my front-porch hammock, coffee in hand and sun on my face, I started thinking about this week’s cooking project: Sabbath Peanut Loaf. I had all the emotions surrounding this week. I tried to push the word Sabbath back down into my PTSD childhood-memory folder and objectively look at the ingredients. It ...
This week’s recipe comes from the section in the book called Guide for Nut Cookery, 1899, and it seems harmless enough: Oatmeal Crackers. This is the recipe I spoke about last week, the one that doesn’t provide any instructions other than “Mix.” That’s great, Mary. (This recipe didn’t have an author, so I just made ...
It’s been such a long time since I’ve done one of these posts—an If We Were Having Coffee post. The last one was in 2020. Six years ago. So much has happened in my life since then, and I haven’t really shared much, I don’t think. A few Facebook and Instagram posts over the ...
My plan was to make one recipe from each section of my An Apple A Day Cookbook Volume One every week. That plan sounded charming on paper. In reality, it meant producing a five‑course meal once a week. That’s a lot of food for two people who don’t eat much on a daily basis. My ...
