Tortilla chips are like the culmination of all things inflammatory. Start with genetically modified grain, add a heavy dose of polyunsaturated vegetable oils, and you’ve got yourself a bag of heart attack.

Because, as we all know, it’s not the animal [...]

One of those lovely old-fashioned skills every respectable pioneer woman ought to know is how to render animal fat. Lard from pigs or tallow from cattle was a prized possession for those who lived off of the land. It is the cooking fat of choice for many reasons and can [...]

The door to our little cabin opens right into the kitchen. From that door you see the barbed wire that lines the front of our two acres. Beyond that barbed wire is our dirt road that blows dust into every crevice in our kitchen when it’s dry and is as slick as ice when [...]

The cooler weather has me drawing into our little 300 square foot home even more.

There are the necessary comfort foods like delicious, crunchy hashbrowns. There is a trick to these.

Or this Sausage, Potato, and Cabbage Tray Bake.

And, of course, now [...]