My culinary dessert journey started two weeks ago when a friend made a beautiful Pavlova. She chose to make it because another party goer had an extreme food allergy to gluten and never gets to eat dessert at parties. This cake is gelatin and gluten free! I had never heard…

Is there no better Sunday start than beautiful golden pancakes? I enjoy mine with fruit inside and on top. The first real date I ever had with my husband was at my house for dinner. …

If I were to ask you how efficient a solar cell was, what percentage would you guess? I am no engineer but I thought I understood at least how solar panels worked once they were installed on your roof. What I didn’t know was that each cell is only around…

If you’ve been paying attention to any current events, there has been a lot of discussion about increasing food prices and where the supply originates. All over the globe, countries depend on the import and export of food products to support their populations. I was having a discussion the other…

It is always helpful to have a reference when dealing with numbers. It has always helped me to create a graph when I need to compare things, something I learned in elementary math and was actually able to grasp. …

As we enter a time period of economic unrest and a possible new recession, I can’t help but think about my own finances. When I started working in high school the minimum wage was $5.15. In 2021 in NY the minimum wage was $13.20 an hour. That income comes out…

Nostalgia feels good. Smelling cedar and being transported back to your preschool toy box or stumbling upon an old favorite toy from childhood being sold at a garage sale can bring you back to those happy moments when life was fun and simple. Studies have shown that having personal memories…

If you’re anything like me, you might consider yourself a little bit of a foodie. Before social media or the internet being available to the masses, I was obsessed with cooking and travel shows. Some of my fondest memories are watching these shows with my aunt who was a foodie…

While we are still dealing with the on-going issues of the pandemic, we can’t ignore the other types of possible threats to our health that are out there. …