Only in America: do you find such a confusion over how to celebrate a day so designated.  It used to be very clear as to what the day was al...

Grace Pearl Ingalls was born May 23, 1877.  She was conceived on the heels of the untimely death of her only brother, Charles Frederick. (Ch...

Here's one you could make with left-over chicken or right from scratch.  This is a recipe that comes from my ancestor's "Down H...

Today is "National Chocolate Chip Day"!  Another excuse to make some scrumptious dessert! (Who needs an excuse!) Farmer Boy Choc...

In "These Happy Golden Years", Laura wrote about the meal that they ate when Mary was home from college.  This is what they had: ...

I'm not sure if you'd classify this as "Tex-Mex", New Mexico, or Old Mexico - but this is just something I had a taste for...

Here we are, celebrating Mexican Independence Day - Cinco de Mayo! (That's May 5th for all us Gringos!)   But, since May is "Nation...

In "The Long Winter", Laura tells us about the time when she and her family had to wait till after May 8th to celebrate Christmas....

This is a recipe designed for a bread machine.  If you don't have a bread machine, you can still make this, but you'll need to do al...

Hardtack is probably one of the oldest recipes known to man; going back thousands of years!  It was one of the staples of the pioneers as th...