As a passionate cook, I have heard lots of things about cooking that I long took for granted. Big mistake. The fact is that a lot of what you have heard about food in general and cooking in particular is good old fashioned hooey. That’s what today’s FamilyFirst site concentrates on. It’s called Kitchen Myths.
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Recently, we looked at an excellent online resource for information relating to the War Between the States from 1861 to 1865. Today, we focus on one item from that site that occurred literally days after the cessation of hostilities. The event is the assassination of President Lincoln, the place is Ford’s Theatre. Now a National…
There is a saying on my wall at work, “Nostalgia isn’t what is used to be”. Fairly thought provoking, but it is one of several “Thoughts to Get You Through Any Crisis” that I have there. But it is true. Today, people seem to be more interested preserving their heritage and family past more than…
Washington, D.C. as our nation’s capitol, has been the scene of many famous and infamous events over the past 200 years. This past week have witnessed one of the most famous continuing events with the inauguration of a new President. Today we look at another location in the city that has a less than stering…
Have you ever heard the story about Humphrey Bogart being the baby on the Gerber Baby food jars? Or the one about Frank Zappa’s father being Mr. Greenjeans from the Captain Kangaroo television show. Then there was the one about the computer HAL from the movie “2001” being so named to show that he was…
Have you ever heard the story about Humphrey Bogart being the baby on the Gerber Baby food jars? Or the one about Frank Zappa’s father being Mr. Greenjeans from the Captain Kangaroo television show. Then there was the one about the computer HAL from the movie “2001” being so named to show that he was…
A family tradition that was enjoyed for several years in our house was watching a television showed called “Avonlea” on the Disney Channel. My children enjoyed watching the King family on Prince Edward Island and the stories of their turn of the century life. The show ended several years ago, but the fans that enjoy…