Retired Software Exec. Mosaic Crochet, Knitting, Cooking, Baking, Hiking, Reading. #NewMexico https://lindybrandon.substack.com/ Be good to each other.https://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mrdafnuffk2mWe shared Jane O'Donnell's cherry cake with our neighbors who loved it too. Jane married her high school sweetheart, raised four children, and devoted her spare time to her church. Here's her story & the recipe that took her to the 1949 Pillsbury Bake-Off. #baking https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/1949-mount-vernon-dessert https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/1949-mount-vernon-dessert?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=hcdl23 Jul 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdafnuffk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mqztcnrspc25@andybeshearky.bsky.social Maybe you should make your way to visit ol' Mitch and have your own 20-minute conversation with him...19 Jul 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqztcnrspc25https://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mqrzc6zkfk2cHistory doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Elizabeth Lightcap was a social worker who dedicated her life to helping those less fortunate at a time when poverty & war ravaged us. Here's her story & the recipe that took her to the 1949 Pillsbury Bake-Off. #baking https://lindybrandon.substack.com/p/1949-strawberry-sunshine-dessert16 Jul 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrzc6zkfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mqa3mrrjbs2hCivil rights advocate, church leader, glass ceiling breaker... Jane Kimball Baker was a woman ahead of her time. And her wheat rolls are some of the best I've ever made. Here's her story. #baking #breadsky https://lindybrandon.substack.com/p/1949-old-fashioned-wheat-rolls09 Jul 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa3mrrjbs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mpofacjnjs2jIt's apricot season! Here's a fun way to use some of that bounty, invented by Florence Schoenleber, a career nutritionist and home economics expert at a time when the United States was suffering from a malnutrition epidemic. #baking https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/1949-apricot-surprise-fudge-cake https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/1949-apricot-surprise-fudge-cake?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=hcdl02 Jul 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpofacjnjs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mp4n72b36s2bThis project has taught me so much about mid-century America and the forces that shaped it. Not to mention the fortitude of women who kept food on the table when there was little food to be had. #baking #history https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/its-been-a-year https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/its-been-a-year?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=hcdl25 Jun 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4n72b36s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lindybrandon.bsky.social/post/3mokz2k35gc26Born just before the country entered WWI, Elise "Bess" Atkinson was raised with food shortages and victory gardens. Her recipe was old-fashioned for the time but insanely delicious. Here's her story... https://open.substack.com/pub/lindybrandon/p/1949-candied-orange-bread18 Jun 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:7tseqdglb4nq5lo2lwbugmsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokz2k35gc26