BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Kelly Lay is the person you ask for advice about how to control slugs in a small garden, for an exotic recipe that includes spruce branch tips, or how to navigate the Illinois Cottage Foods Act.
Local foods advocate finds ingredients in unusual places
Kelly Lay puts together a spread with some of her homemade products. She became active in advocating for changes to the Illinois Cottage Foods Act.
The syrup can be used anywhere honey can and is good in soda and even on pancakes. Lay collects the tips of spruce trees in the spring when th…
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In her own garden, Lay grows more than 50 different kinds of peppers and uses a mix of them in her pepper-infused Hot Honey. She also raises b…
