Every time I open the freezer, there she is, my friend Deb. Technically she's not really in the freezer, but that's what I imagine as I survey the 10 freezer bags I blame her for. "Go ahead and shiver ...

Maybe it's for all the teenagers in pickup trucks who honk impatient horns at black buggies. Maybe it's in retaliation for the townies who pick fights with the one group of guys they know won't fight ...

Darien Gee began her first Amish friendship bread the way most people do: reluctantly. "Friendship bread came into my home the same way it comes into many peoples' homes: Somebody gave it to us. My ...

During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, so many people took up bread baking that there was a shortage of yeast. “USA Today” reported that along with toilet paper and disinfectants, flour, sugar and ...

At some point in every woman’s life, they are going to get a bag of starter for Amish Friendship Bread. It’s inevitable — like a chain letter, but tasty! Darien Gee's debut novel, “Friendship Bread,” ...

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2-quart nonreactive container (made of glass, ceramic or plastic), combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or the flour ...

Chef Carla Hall had never heard of "friendship bread" before someone gave her a plastic zip-top bag full of a yeasty, mushy starter. As a young caterer just starting out, she got busy baking up a ...