The transition from autumn to winter is upon us, and with that I feel compelled to warn you to not miss out! Even though major retail chains have had Christmas decor on display since the end of September, Thanksgiving has…
Written by Olivia Swindler, a friend of an employee who is serving with Young Life in France. She is also a published author and enjoys hiking in the Alps. She shares some great French recipes using homegrown produce on our…
One of the benefits of a pandemic is less running around, less travel and fewer obligations. (I challenged myself to use the words “benefits” and “pandemic” in the same sentence, and I think I nailed it!) (It wasn’t easy.) In…
I have an excellent scone recipe. The kind of recipe that makes you not want to try other similar recipes because…. how could it be improved? I had saved it from a British website, translated the measurements into American ones…
This time of year, it’s only right to eat heaps of pumpkins. The way the color of the trees begins to match the color of the pumpkins growing in local pumpkin patches reminds us, “eat more pumpkin.” With recipes from…
Southeastern Pennsylvania has had a snowy winter so far, and as I write this, the region is experiencing yet another snowy day. Being stuck indoors makes it a good time to cook or to plan ahead for the comfort foods…
Snickerdoodles are simple classics–so simple I learned to make them in Home Economics class, way back in Junior High. I know Home Economics classes bit the dust around the time Junior High changed its name to Middle School–but the tangy…
Toward the end of 1911, a group of “public spirited women” were anticipating the “gloomy prospect of an expensive winter.” They were managing The Home for Widows and Single Women at the northwest corner of 16th and Haak Streets in…
People have loved to cook with pumpkins for millennia. In fact, archeological sites in North America and Central America have unearthed evidence of pumpkin seeds from thousands of years ago. With such a long history of cooking with pumpkins, it’s…
Bittersweet and rose hips grew wild alongside the driveway of my childhood home. Sometimes, in high school, I would clip some and use it to decorate my bedroom. Imagine that. Fall decor, there for the taking. Having lived in urban or…