by Sara Ray | Oct 10, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
What better month of the year to designate as National Apple Month than October! Business is brisk at the local orchards as lots of folks flock there to purchase their favorite apple varieties. I went to one fairly close to me last week to obtain some Jonagolds....
by Sara Ray | Oct 3, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
I learned creative cooking from my mother. Or maybe I should say, I often observed my mother cooking creatively. I don’t think it is something that can be taught; one has to have a natural ability to be able to do so. There are some people who should just follow a...
by Sara Ray | Sep 26, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
“Into each life some rain must fall” is a line from a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The same lyric is also declared in a song featuring Ella Fitzgerald and the Inkspots. Both of these depict a hard season of existence. However, there is another way to...
by Sara Ray | Sep 19, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
September is National Honey Month. As I was looking through my recipes that include this sweet substance, I couldn’t help but be reminded that for me, the sweetest thing in life is the presence of God. I love the ways He shows up to remind me that He is there, even...
by Sara Ray | Sep 12, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
Travel back in time with me – thirty-six years, to be exact. I was expecting our third child at any time; the baby’s due date was September 12th. I felt like I had swallowed a watermelon. Although I was prepared for the birth of my little one, I didn’t want to...
by Sara Ray | Sep 5, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
It’s September, which means football season is underway. For some people, it is an exciting time as they root for their favorite teams, whether it be high school, college, or professional. If I had to pick a favorite sport, I guess I would say it is football,...
by Sara Ray | Aug 29, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
It’s hard to believe that August is almost over. As its last days swing past, it comes to mind that summer is quickly sliding away. Labor Day is often considered its “last hurrah;” that holiday is this coming weekend. To be truthful, I am not sad to see summer...
by Sara Ray | Aug 22, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
When searching for inspiration to help me write “Cooks’ Corner,” I often check out a list of National (Fill-in-the-Blank) Months. August is National Peach Month, so this week’s column is dedicated to that luscious fruit. There is nothing like biting into a ripe,...
by Sara Ray | Aug 22, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
Several people have asked me lately about “that little girl who used to cook with you.” That girl, my granddaughter Maggie, isn’t so little anymore; she is taller than I am! She turned fourteen on Saturday. Maggie lives in Newburgh, Indiana, and recently started her...
by Sara Ray | Aug 8, 2018 | Cooks' Corner
One of the most memorable vacations of my childhood was a trip my family took to Oklahoma in 1968. It seems so very long ago – and that’s because it was – fifty years, to be exact. We made our journey in August, headed for the Kiamichi Mountain area. Two parents,...
