Don’t throw it out, or pour it down the drain! Sour milk is like a buttermilk, it acts with raising agents (baking soda in particular) to make baked items particularly fluffy. If the smell of the milk is strong, then […] Read more »

Saving the butter wrappers to be used later for baking, putting every possible piece of paper in recycling,  these acts will not change the world at large. But they will change your world. It changes the meaning and interactions that […] Read more »

A friend gave me a jar of toasted wheat germ that she was not going to use. The wheat germ came with a muffin recipe. It called for shortening, and that was enough to motivate and inspire me to create […] Read more »