When I was little, there was a short order breakfast place a few miles down the road. My dad called it a greasy spoon. On the weekend, he would often take me there for breakfast. Probably because the both of us liked getting up early,…

This week the sweet potatoes went in and the Irish potatoes came out!  Calling them Irish is a bit misleading.  Like all of our squash and beans, potatoes come from the Americas.  Specifically, potatoes come from the Andes where they were domesticated between 7,000 and…