Food

Apron Strings and Kitchen Things

Kris Kristofferson is right, “There’s just something ’bout a Sunday…” Recollections of grandmas in aprons, who stood in bare feet,...

When Life Hands You Peaches...

By this time in our lives, dietary restrictions may have put a damper on our Baby Boomer food choice options. We passively – and...

Happy 4th of July! — What Benjamin Did at 70

Hot dogs, apple pie, and fireworks pretty much sum up what most of us consider a perfectly perfect, traditional Fourth of July....

Moms, Knitted Sweaters, Fruit Cocktail and Woodrow Wilson

I was surprised to learn that the sweaters Fred McFeely Rogers wore on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” were knitted by his mother. While it...