The Unbreakable Bond There’s a reason your grandmother’s cast iron skillet is still sitting in the back of your cupboard—they are built to outlive civilizations. But that dark, shimmering, non-stick surface isn’t magic; it’s geometry. It’s a layer of polymerized fat—oil that has been baked onto the metal to form a plastic-like shield. If you […]
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I’ve thought about writing this for a few days, actually. We’ve had a rough couple of months in our family. Around Thanksgiving time we lost our sweet Daisy, who was our rescue pitty. We had her since the twins were babies, and being that they’re about to turn 11, it was a huge blow for
Today, in my part of Michigan, it is about 30 degrees. I’ve been dealing with a lot in the past few months. Starting with the death of our beloved dog, Daisy, in November. It seems as though there have been many dark things happening with horrid timing, and life has just felt really heavy. Fast
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It strikes me as humorous that I enjoy cooking and baking as much as I do. In my twenties, any one of my friends could tell you that I would most likely burn a grapefruit!! I mess up here or there, or have a recipe turn out differently than I would have wanted, but for
