I am interested in the origins of food, the process of creating food and the ways in which different cultures approach food. I am fascinated with bread and its variety throughout the world.
I have milked goats, raised chickens and have been keeping bees since 1992. I have won numerous prizes at state and local fairs for cooking with honey. I make soap, decorate pisanki, spin wool and make beeswax candles and other items using the honey and wax from my beehives. (And yes, I have been stung, but it doesn't hurt as much as a yellow-jacket sting. It's worse for the bee... she dies after she stings, defending her home.)
I am also a writer and look forward to exchanging ideas with Foodsville residents who share my passion for all things food.
When I was growing up, there was a jar of honey that sat for years on a shelf of a kitchen cabinet in our home. The honey was completely crystallized and as hard as rock candy. But every time one of us had a cold, my mother would say, “Have a cup of tea with honey and lemon, dear.”
So I grew up thinking that honey was used once in awhile and only to cure colds. Since I became a beekeeper, however, honey has found a place in my daily life. My bees can produce a lot of surplu...
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