Popped Seeds: corn, quinoa, millet, barley…

While reading An Orchard Invisible the world of popping seeds opened up to me.  Beyond popcorn I hadn’t put much thought into popping seeds.  In my botany class we learned about the science behind how popcorn turns from a small seed, into brilliant white

Cardamom spiced Sandbakkell

Every year my family makes over a thousand cookies the day after Thanksgiving. Our matriarch, GG, would make the traditional Norwegian sandbakkel. She would sit down for most of the day and press the cold dough thinly into tins shaped