Lillian Lake

No Bake Company Macaroni and Cheese

It’s National Mac and Cheese Day! When someone asks me to list favorite comfort foods, macaroni and cheese is on my list! Anything pasta and cheese seems to be comforting. The solidness of pasta with the creaminess of a cheesy sauce is hard to beat. Add a side of...

Pour Over Coffee Perfection

by Lillian Lake | | Coffee, Food, Recipes

This past weekend we took an opportunity to “get out of Dodge” and went to visit my daughter and her family. I took a freshly, baked loaf of “Nona” bread and homemade butter. I love that my granddaughters have coined it “Nona Bread”. There’s nothing that makes my...

July 4th and Summer are Occasions for Food and Festivities

by Lillian Lake | | Food

It’s 6:30 am, and the air is fresh after a nighttime rain. I’m marveling at the glistening moisture on my backyard trees. Rather large spider webs are joining cedar to cedar and look as though they are designs formed with diamonds. It’s quiet all around as a backdrop...

Bill Hall’s American Classic Tea

by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food, Stop Trafficking

While vacationing, I took advantage of opportunities to interview restaurant owners, chefs, and the owner of the only tea plantation in America, Bigelow Classic Tea. America’s soil is not typically appropriate for tea growing. Since 1987, Bill Hall, in partnership...

Coffee Flour on List of Top 2017 Food Innovations

by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Coffee, Food

Well, good morning! At least it’s morning as I write this. If you’re reading this at another time of day, I hope your day has been manageable at the least and amazing at best. Sunshine and spring always make me nearly giddy with anticipation of summer months ahead. So...

Maine Summers Are Made for Pies on Porches and Iced Teas

by Lillian Lake | | Desserts, Food, Recipes

It’s the first full week of June, and we have three national food holidays in one weekend! June 9 is “National Rhubarb Pie Day,” June 10 is “National Iced Tea Day,” and “National Herbs and Spices Day. Last week I wrote about Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Pie Plant,” more...

Is Rhubarb Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Pie Plant”?

by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food, Recipes

Brillat-Savarin said, “The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.” While I have been equally in awe of each, I would probably choose the new dish. This week as I gazed at my neighbor’s robust rhubarb patch, I pondered...

The Steak and Potatoes of Desserts

by Lillian Lake | | Food

I started this day leaning on the kitchen sink with my coffee cupped in two hands while watching birds and a squirrel vie for food at the bird feeders. At least that’s what I thought I was seeing. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the squirrel was deliberately...

Kitchen Hacks for the Caregiver

by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food

I’ll jump right in today and first tell you that there was an important food summit in Milan. At the time, American media distracted us with local politics, so we didn’t hear much about it. It was an important summit, however, that holds possibilities of long-term...

Save the Dandelions – Don’t Mow the Grass!

by Lillian Lake | | Food, Recipes

It’s official. The snow has melted, April outdoor temperatures are setting into May temperatures with warming sunshine beaming down ever so occasionally on our garden plots to warm it for upcoming planting. It seems safe to tuck our puffy coats back into their summer...