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Episode 31: Guest Karen Barnett & a Review of Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordman

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Interview: Karen Barnett is the award-winning author of seven novels, including Ever Faithful, Where the Fire Falls, and The Road to Paradise; known collectively as The Vintage National Parks Novels. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a ranger, naturalist, and outdoor educator at Mount Rainier National Park and Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park. For more on Karen and her amazing new release, When Stone Wings Fly check out her website at KarenBarnettBooks.com.

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 A Pinch of the Past: American Staples

The audio version of this Pinch of the Past was first shared in Episode 31: Guest Karen Barnett & a Review of Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordman.

This Pinch of the Past was first share in Episode 31: You can access it here. The idea of this Pinch of the Past developed in a rather curious way yesterday when I was wrapping up the final tests of the year for my second graders. One reading passage was a nonfiction piece on the origins of Peanut Butter. Did you know the inventor and developer of this great nutty paste was also responsible for a famous cereal brand? He developed the supplement not as a snack food but as a health product?

Peanut Butter

“It’s the Great Depression that makes the PB&J the core of childhood food,” food historian Andrew F. Smith has said. Buyenlarge / Getty Images
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