Maven Moment: Delicious Grains – Nutritious, Frugal, and Filling
When I was growing up, we basically ate only two types of grain: oatmeal and...
Maven Moment: Kitchen Canisters
Years ago, every kitchen had a set of kitchen canisters. I vividly remember the ones...
Maven Moment: Cleaning Out the Closet
When I was a little girl, I liked to spend the night with my grandmother....
Maven Moment: Taking Down the Holiday Decorations
Taking down the holiday decorations was a chore that my mom always dreaded. It was...
Maven Moment: Warming Winter Soups
The winter is a wonderful time to make soup. Soup is so warm and nourishing...
Maven Moment: Struffoli for Christmastime
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Grandma’s struffoli. She started making them on Christmas Eve, frying...
Maven Moment: Great-Aunt Lucy’s Christmas Tree
Decorating for the holidays reminds me of my great-aunt Lucy. Her Christmas tree was a...
Maven Moment: Holiday Decorations
Like most families when I was a child, mine didn’t really decorate for Thanksgiving. We...