That’s my grandma, Mary (Rautiainen) Smeds, in the 1960s photo at left, pouring out batter onto a floured tabletop, a step in the process of making one of her staples, Finnish coffee bread. Her recipe was one she learned as … Continue reading
Daily Archives: December 13, 2015
(Picture from here.) It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the plant invasion of the land. It’s the precursor to everything else. I don’t just mean plants, either. The current model of vertebrates invading the land involves the changes in … Continue reading