Farm Stories
Unique and charming stories about Lynn growing up on a farm. What inspires his meal planning and recipes.
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Preserving Treasured Stories in a Family Cookbook
When I was young, my grandmother made the best date-nut cookies. They were a dark chewy blend of sweet and nut, and always around and available in a ceramic cookie jar in her kitchen. My father’s mother, she was a…
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Jell-O: A Legend in Its Time
There’s Always Room for Jell-O. Well, maybe not anymore. That 1964 advertising slogan, well remembered by those of a certain age, was introduced to help sell Jell-O as a “light dessert” after a heavy meal. And the 1950s and 60s…
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Mom’s Fastest, Easiest Supper
Every once in a while, my mother would send me out in the late afternoon to gather a dozen-plus eggs for supper, as we called the evening meal. I recently asked her why. Was it that we were short on…
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It’s Corn Season, and I Love Sweet Corn
Corn season is here, and I couldn’t be happier. I may have left the Corn Belt farm and the Midwest, but I can’t get sweet corn out of my system. It’s that fresh-from-the-field corn, steamed until just barely done and…
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Somewhere, Each of Us Remembers a Memorable Meal
Somewhere in the memory banks of our taste buds resides the recollection of our most unforgettable meal — the perfect combination of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. It doesn’t require a great degree of effort to conjure up those tastes,…
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A Guy’s Gotta Eat!
My mother was a farm wife on a 400-acre farm in northern Illinois in the 1950s. She could feed a hungry crew during the harvest and could help in the fields, when necessary. This is the environment in which she…
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Simplest Fish Chowder
You can cook the onions in olive oil and butter if you prefer not to use bacon or don't have any on hand.
