Bread - So Much a Part of LifeWritten by Arleen M. Kaptur
In olden days, bread baking was a daily routine. Many times a loaf of warm, fresh from oven bread, with a topping of fresh-churned butter was a meal - in times of hardship, in times of scarcity. Today, food industry provides a mind-boggling array of bread products - your choice, to mix and match to your heart's content. They did, however, with all magic of science, leave out "just a little". That little is aroma or scent of fresh-baking bread, a hint of spice, and texture of kneaded dough that provided not only sustenance but a form of "therapy" for baker. It wouldn't take much to take a step back in time and give your family and friends that old-fashioned, yet timely, welcoming aroma that just brings them to kitchen, awakens even most sluggish appetite, and smiles - well, that is true "icing" on bread.
| | Just a Touch of AutumnWritten by Arleen M. Kaptur
The calendar pages drop so quickly and Summer is over - fun, get-togethers, vacations, outings, family, etc. Absolutely not - most colorful, exhilerating and exciting season is about ready to arrive. Autumn-Fall-Harvest Time - whatever name you attach to this time of year - it is a tribute to world around you as Holiday Season is fast approaching and great times are just ahead. Fall gets "baking" instinct in you up and about - whether you do baking or a quick trip to a neighborhood bakery. Warm, fresh and succulent apple offerings-pie, doughnuts with cinnamon and sugar, and caramel iced sticky buns, to name a few. Hay stacks, wagon rides, Indian corn, corn stalks, colorful mums (yellow, white, burnt orange, virant purple), and pumpkins - tiny orange globes and even white ghosty ones to biggest, brightest Jack-o-Lantern you can find on a cool Autumn afternoon.
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