Sweets for your sweetie

What is black and white and red all over and comes in the middle of February?  It isn’t a sunburned penguin, nor is it an embarrassed skunk.    It’s also not a zebra running through a strawberry patch.  Give up?  It’s my annual column...

Super Special

There are times when I reminiscence about childhood memories with one or more of my siblings.  Most of the events we discuss would not have been possible without the people involved in those recollections.  Some folk pass in and out of our lives without much fanfare,...

Bread machine quandary: dough or bake?

When I first began writing the Cooks’ Corner column, much of what I discussed was the “how-to” aspects of cooking and baking.  As time went on, I began adding stories as well as recipes.  The story submissions were much the favorite of my late husband, who...

It Makes Two

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...

What’s up with 12?

Here are some things you probably already know: There are twelve eggs in a dozen. There are twelve months in a year. There are twelve inches in a foot. Now for something you may not realize: Once these words are in print and I cut them out of the newspaper and place...