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The Evolution Of The Wedding Cake

The Evolution Of The Wedding Cake

Posted by | Apr 1, 2016 | , , , |

The Evolution Of The Wedding Cake By Melissa Wynn Every little girl dreams of her Wedding Day and most have an idea of what the cake should look like long before she considers a groom. But how did a white, three tiered cake become the tradition? Like many long standing American traditions, it began a very long time ago in Europe. The First Wedding Cakes Ancient Roman weddings brought the first known tradition of baked goods to the matrimonial ceremony. More like bread than the cakes we enjoy today, these wheat or barley based rounds were broken over the...

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Story Time – Another Real Christmas

Story Time – Another Real Christmas

Posted by | Dec 1, 2011 | |

By E. Suzanne Frances Heinz [media-credit name=”bigstockphoto” align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] Mary gazed out the window of  the tiny new place that she and 12 year old son Jake now shared in their new small town. “How can I make it like a real Christmas?”, she thought.  Mary had sold most everything to afford them 3 months expenses in their new place and to give them a new start in a brand new community. She worried so much about all the life changes that Jake had  endured as she chased away the fear that she would ever be able to pay...

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