Pommes frites, aiguillettes, papas fritas, frietzak/fritzak, allumettes, chips, frietkot/frituur, batonnets or frittentüte. No matter what you call them, French fried potatoes are enjoyed by young and old around the world. The myth is that in the winter, when the...
It’s like all of my favorite Holidays rolled into one. You all know that American fried chicken is amazing, but did you know that Americans weren’t the first to do it? Europeans were already frying chickens back in the Middle Ages, but it was the Scottish immigrants...
Who knew a simple appliance of basically two honeycomb-patterned metal plates hinged together developed in the 14th century would make such a big impact on our lives! The first patent in the USA for a waffle iron was in 1869, submitted by Cornelius Swarthout. His...
For 39 years the Ronald McDonald House has been helping families with seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby Seattle Children’s Hospital. Allowing them to stay together, focus on their child’s healing and not worry about basics like a place to stay, or...
Are these the little girls I carried? Are they the little girls at play? I don’t remember growing older When did they? When did they get to be such beauties? When did they grow to be so tall? Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small? Sunrise,...
