4th of July in the United States is known as Independence Day, a time when North Americans remember the day our country gained independence from British rule. The United States is a relatively new country, at least to those of European descent. The continent itself is ancient and alive with history we never learn in […]

When I was little, chocolate chip cookies were my favorite type of cookies on the planet. Oatmeal raisin? Not so much. It wasn’t that I didn’t like them, because I did, they just weren’t at the top of the list. It wasn’t until I started cooking and baking when I was 9 or 10 that […]