As promised, my recipe for Banana Nut Bread, a favorite I've been making for years. You will need: 1 pound butter, room temperature 3 cups white sugar 6 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons...

T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the kitchen The cupboards were bare, yet still there was the itching To fill larder and pantry with holiday food With the tastes of the season that quite set the mood No one had the time for to cook or...

It's that time again, time of year where thoughts turn to sugarplums dancing in heads. Or, around here, it's baking time. I'm trying a couple of new recipes this time around. I usually knock out a dozen or so loaves of banana nut bread, but decided to...

The whole Arka-vore movement and an assignment from the Arkansas Times turned me to thinking of the holidays a few months early this year. For weeks, I compiled lists of places to go and items that bring the flavor of Arkansas to the recipient. Lots of...

War Eagle Mill has operated in several different forms over the past 170 years. Hard to beat its longtime efforts to be green, organic, and local. (this article appears in the December issue of Emerald City of the South, available at newsstands in...