Our Cookie Coop is full of all my favorites. I'm not about fancy dancy. These cookies are farmy and that means toothy, rustic and old-fashioned. You won't find any piped glazes, but you're sure to find a dense chewy cookie that will remind you of the kind Grandma used to make. The cookies aren't actually in the chicken coop, of course, but I jokingly call the freezer where we keep them in the store, "The Cookie Coop!" Cute, eh? Why freeze the cookies? Because frozen chewy coo

As you get ready to plant your veggie gardens, don't forget to plant an heirloom tomato or ten. One of our neighbors, Ruth Viste, who passed away a couple years back, made herself world famous with her love of tomatoes knowing that in the summer garden, there is nothing better. The article below from August of 2004 written by Star Tribune food writer, Rick Nelson was passed around today by Mary Anne Wise (Cultural Cloth Founder) to those of us who knew Ruth. In her email, Mar

Remember back when there was one garbage can in the kitchen and one big can in the garage that Dad or Brother would haul to the curb for weekly pickup? Or, perhaps you remember a weekly trip to the dump where household trash could be left for scroungers before the dump crew burned the pit? Maybe you even remember your own family having a burn pit for the occasional odd items considered garbage. Nowadays, most households have many garbage containers: one for recyclable paper,

Love is in the air and so is the richly enticing smell of freshly baked bread! Today on this April Fool's Full Moon, I like to think that we've got it all wrong about the fools amongst us. Instead of a foibled failure, the fool is the leaper, the one willing to take risks, the fun one who rises with spontaneity and is happy to relish life to its fullest. And that full moon! Wow! It kept me awake all night last night trying to teach me how the world should be. It told me to pr