About Sharon Biggs Waller

Sharon Biggs Waller writes about historical and vintage cooking techniques for ToriAvey.com. She is a historical young adult novelist and freelance magazine writer for Urban Farm, Hobby Farms, Hobby Farm Home, and Chickens. Viking/Penguin released her debut historical novel, A Mad, Wicked Folly, in 2014. Read more...

How to Make Bath Fizzies

Sharon Biggs Waller is back to teach us her homemade technique for bath fizzies, which she crafts on her Indiana hobby farm. ~ Tori Bath fizzies, also calledRead More

The Old Fashioned Way: The Basics of Poultry Keeping

The Old Fashioned Way: The Basics of Poultry Keeping – Top Five Things Every Chicken Owner Should Know Those who read my blog regularly knowRead More

Victoria’s Favorite Pikelets

ToriAvey.com contributor Sharon Biggs Waller just released a terrific historical novel called A Mad, Wicked Folly! Here she shares a historical Edwardian recipe that appearsRead More

The Old Fashioned Way: Apple Juice & Apple Leather

Learn to make homemade apple juice and apple leather, no apple press needed. Simple old fashioned method for all-natural tasty apple products! In the autumn,Read More

The Old Fashioned Way: Bon Bons

Sweets, bon-bons, sugarplums, sweetmeats. Candy is known by many names the world around and it has delighted people for millennia. The ancient Turks were saidRead More

The Old Fashioned Way: Homemade Ginger Beer

In this post I will teach you how to make ginger beer the old fashioned way, no soda machine or brewery required. This drink isRead More

The Old Fashioned Way: Clotted Cream and Scones

The Old Fashioned Way: Clotted Cream and Scones – How to make old fashioned British-style Clotted Cream and warm, freshly baked English scones. I have,Read More

The Old Fashioned Way: Sugared Roses

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet… and a rose by any other name would taste as sweet, too. Eating roses mightRead More

The Old Fashioned Way: Homemade Butter

I have recently gathered a talented team of contributors. I look forward to sharing their writing with you. Sharon Biggs Waller joins the team toRead More