A family with deep ties to grist mills takes a road trip to find authentic coarse ground grits, reviving old traditions and savoring the rich flavors of history.
Today marks World Flour Day. While this essential baking ingredient is easily accessible with a simple swipe of a card at the ...
He said Florence Henderson, who starred in the TV sitcom “The Brady Bunch,” has also dined at the Old Grist Mill, as has “Happy Days” actress Marion Ross and “The Partri ...
Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had ...
The Grist Mill Committee will host the Huckleberry Frolic event for its fifty-fifth year on June 7, with a rain date of June ...
One late allure was “The Bowery,” an open-air, 40’ x 60’ dance pavilion a half-mile west of Winnebago Valley, attracting partygoers during Prohibition (Bring Your Own Bottle). Newspaper ads in 1921 ...
Alan Chalmers, the British proprietor of the awesome Tennis Bookshop, reports that he still has some (autographed) copies left of former Wimbledon referee Alan Mills’ autobiography, Lifting the ...
In recent years, the roofs of two structures have caved in. The grist mill, where townspeople would grind wheat into flour, is closed, with boards across the entryway. There are holes in the ...
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