Are older models safe? My introduction to dehydrating came when I was gifted an older model dehydrator that had been in someone’s closet for years. They had lost the manual, couldn’t remember when they’d bought it but did remember that it had always worked well for them. …

If writing fantasy is your jam… You’ve been invited to the home of a retired Warrior-for-hire for lunch. Before you sit down to eat, your host takes you on a tour of their home. Describe some of their trophies and spoils from their glory days. How did they get those? …

There’s more to bread than fluffy white The History of Bread According to history, the earliest bread was made in or around 8000 BC in the Middle East, specifically Egypt. It’s believed their brewing expertise combined with the warm climate, produced the world’s first sourdough by adding wild yeast to the bread mixture. Romans…

It’s all in the planning… When was the last time you had a power outage that lasted for more than three hours? Has your neighborhood ever flooded or come through a landslide? Have you ever been laid off and unsure where grocery money was going to come from? Has wildfire…

The importance of food to fantasy fiction “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) One of the parts of worldbuilding I enjoy is the creation of food for my story characters. It’s…

Friend or snack? Part 1 And now, the continuation… Nimlip slept on and off, heating the stone across the cavern a few times before finding Waelyn in front of him again, with a lantern on the floor at his side. The dragon blinked slowly, yawned, and grimaced. …

The story of a house whose occupants never left (You can find part 1 here. And now for part 2) The house that had held such joy and promise echoed with the coughing fits that would rack Julia’s little body. …

The tale of an old house and the occupants who never left Adelaide put another stick of wood in the stove and closed the door, feeling every one of her 80 years. She filled the kettle and set it on the flat blacktop. …