An old scrapbook shows faded pictures of my dad’s family back in Bell County, Kentucky. The “hollers.” They were well enough educated. Grandmother Gertrude (Bailey) Howard, and her eldest son Carl, ...

The beauty of vintage, spiral-bound cookbooks is that no single one is the same. Full of quirky recipes that reflect the congregation or community, these compilations often include the very same ...

Spoons and bowls and baking pans and ... a Bible? Most modern bakers probably don't associate The Good Book with pulling together a batch of their favorite treats, but during the late 1800s some ...

Tender, buttermilk-infused pound cakes are effortlessly impressive, while towering layer cakes laden with fruits, nuts, and ...