Larding needles weren’t for sewing
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what some of the terms included in old cookbooks mean in terms of fireplace cooking.
Past Columns
Corn remains as a stable crop
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes on the debt that American history owes to corn and to the native Americans who shared their knowledge.
Read it Again: Week of Aug 16, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Read it Again: Week of Aug. 9, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
A collector of vegetables
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the joys of gardening, a delightful hobby and occupation.
Read it Again: Week of Aug. 2, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
East Liverpool: Pottery queen
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about East Liverpool and the yellow ware and Rockingham finish wares produced by migrant journeyman that made it famous in the 19th century.
Read it Again: Week of July 26, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
History of Victorian furniture
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what happened to the chair between in the first half of the 19th century.
Read it Again: Week of July 19, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
