by B.L. Unkel | Dec 31, 2022 | Holidays
A friend recently said, “God, it occurs to me, is a lot like Tetris. He nudged and shifted all the pieces of your life until they fit together again just so.” The Game For those of you who don’t know what my friend was referring to, Tetris is an electronic game...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 24, 2022 | Holidays
Christmas. As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” and the “Happiest season of all.” Gifts Christmas is about giving, but it’s more than an exchange of brightly wrapped presents, whether bought or made. The best Christmas gifts can’t be...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 17, 2022 | Baking
Time for more Butter trivia. “Modern” History As mentioned in last week’s, Did You Know No Mummy Would Be Caught Dead Without Butter?, until the nineteenth century, butter was produced by hand-churning only. The first butter production factories...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 10, 2022 | History
How much do you know about butter? Probably not as much as you think. Butter Contrary to popular belief by the young, butter doesn’t just magically appear on store shelves. It’s a dairy product produced by churning fresh—from real animals, usually cows—milk or...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 3, 2022 | History
Coffee—the lifeblood of millions. One man turned his hobby of making the perfect cup of coffee into a business. The Man Once upon a time (back in 1873), Joel Cheek worked for a wholesale grocery company as a traveling salesman. One day, one of his customers...
