Aluminum Foil – Possibly the Most Versatile Tool in the Kitchen

I use, and reuse, aluminum foil everyday. It is possibly the most useful tool in my kitchen. I use it as a cooking tool, a food keeper and then I repurpose it as long as I can. Continue reading →

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Snowbound? Maybe. We’ll Have to Get Back to You on That . . . .

What matter how the night behaved?
What matter how the north-wind raved?
Blow high, blow low, not all its snow
Could quench our hearth-fire’s ruddy glow.

—John Greenleaf Whittier, Snowbound

Aly climbs the drift blocking the trail by the outhouse. She’s about three feet off the ground.

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