First, the obligatory explanation of why this is called Black Friday. Back in the day when business accounts were written by hand in paper ledgers, black ink was used for profit and red ink was used for losses. When the day after Thanksgiving became the…

Happy Thanksgiving, to them as celebrates it. To them as don’t — Happy Thursday! One thing I’m thankful for is The Artisan Center. How many hick burgs like this one have an art gallery in the middle of it, I wonder? I stopped by there…

I started out cooking by using the recipes on the backs of cans, bags, and boxes. We had one cookbook, and I used that, too, but I also found that the folks who made the ingredients often had some excellent dishes to recommend. That habit…