Roll Gear’s “Take A Roll,” A Great Idea For Paper Towels

  [1] Paper towels pull out and tear off easily (all photos © The Roll Gear). [2] It stands by in the backyard without blowing over. [3] Its handy at the picnic table. [4] It stands ready when camping or backyard grilling.     Necessity is the mother of invention*, and we never would have…
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It’s National Chocolate Wafer Day. What’s A Wafer?

  [1] The Central European recipe for thin wafers came to the U.S. in the mid-1700s with émigrés from Moravia (photo © Dewey’s Moravian Cookies). [2] Nabisco sold millions of boxes to home cooks to make various icebox cake recipes. Word on the street was that they were discontinued, but they may be back some…
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