In the late 1800s in Berlin, there was a horse named Clever Hans that could do math. His owner, a high school math teacher named Wilhelm Von Osten, spent four years teaching the horse not just math, but spelling, music, colors, the calendar, and other things a well-educated horse should know. Clever Hans would tap […]

Italian Vegetable Soup This delicious soup will warm your family up all winter long. Let the kids pick out the small pasta (macaroni, pastina, orzo, acini de pepe) and add the ingredients to the pot. Yields 12 1-cup servings Ingredients:  1 pound lean ground meat (15% fat) (turkey, chicken or beef)  1 cup […]

Blueberry Bread Dorcas Butler, Norway 3 Cups flour 1 Teaspoon salt 3/4 Cup sugar 3 Teaspoons baking powder 2 Eggs, well beaten 1 Cup milk 2 Tablespoons oil 1 Cup chopped nuts, optional 1 Cup fresh or frozen blueberries Sift the dry ingredients into a medium sized mixing bowl.  Combine eggs, milk and oil then […]

Join me for free cooking classes, Cooking Matters! Learn how to Cook Healthy on a Budget! For more info: [email protected] Everyone loves peanut butter and bananas! These super healthy muffins will keep you powered all morning! They also freeze well. When measuring peanut butter or other sticky ingredients like honey and molasses- first spray your […]

Baked Chicken Thighs Lois Dwyer, Oxford 10 Chicken thighs 2 Can cream of mushroom soup 1 Cup milk 1 6 Ounce can mushrooms, undrained 3 Tablespoons cooking sherry 2 Teaspoons garlic salt Wash and skin chicken thighs and place them in a Dutch oven.  Add milk to soup and stir until creamy then pour over […]

Over the holidays as friends and family were sitting around chatting, my wife told the story of how our son, Joe, gave us a Y2K scare. On December 31, 1999 as we were counting down the last 10 seconds of the year, our lights went out just as we said zero. Joe had sneaked downstairs […]

Bamboo has a bad reputation in Maine, but it’s not bamboo’s fault. Japanese knotweed, also called Japanese bamboo, looks like bamboo, but isn’t. It can grow ten feet tall or higher with stalks one to two inches in diameter. The stalks are segmented. Once established in a yard or field, it is a nightmare to […]

Join me for free cooking classes, Cooking Matters! Learn how to Cook Healthy on a Budget! For more info: [email protected] Chicken Tortilla Soup This delicious soup is perfect for a snowy day and a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey. It takes just a little time to prep and then it cooks all […]