Mimi likes to talk about her banana bread and its special powers. Its ability to make your house smell like heaven, please the pickiest of eaters, keep your teenager at home on a weekend, make your housekeeper stick around for another hour free of charge, keep your postman delivering at the door, and your vendors ready to return on a moment’s notice if they think you will give them a fresh-baked loaf or even one from your freezer.

Read on… Old-fashioned banana bread