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Start to cook with good lard and you will wonder how you ever managed without it. I can guarantee people will be asking for you secret ingredient!

So it is important that no matter how self-sufficient you want to become that you remember you really are part of a larger world. Getting out and meeting people is vital, especially in farming communities which have been hit by the economic downturn.

This recipe is a favorite in my family. It’s simple to make – no flour or messy dough. Plus, it will please the chocolate lovers in any crowd. The secret ingredient? Saltine crackers.

Add a touch of nostalgia and joyful toe-tapping music to your holiday. Bring out the epic, the madrigal, the joyful, and the majestic in replacement for the jazzy, shallow Christmas music of today.

Holiday Squares look festive, and sooo complex–but they’re super easy to make. Essentially, they’re almost a pound cake, with pie filling baked in.

We were looking for a way to bring the community together in a spirit of giving rather than getting. We took inspiration from the Native American tradition of Potlatch.

Cheesecake, fruitcakes, filled cakes–and every one has to look exactly right. After all, it’s Christmas, and you want everything to be perfect.