Are your pies safe? Are you sure? Have you checked them lately? The  only way to be completely certain, of course, is put them in…a pie safe. Don't you just love that someone crafted a piece of furniture to keep pies safe? I wish I had one of these lovely pieces of furniture. The one to the right is a reproduction made by an Amish gentleman. Below are pie safes from the 1800s. Be … [Read more...]

What is one of your treasured possessions? An interviewer recently asked me that question, and at first I wondered if it was a trick. We’re not supposed to “store up for ourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal,” are we? I pondered the question for a while and came to the conclusion that I was overanalyzing it. Interviewers are probably just as … [Read more...]