This post is sponsored by Stonyfield Organic and Bob's Red Mill via the Clean Plate Club blogger program. In exchange for this post, I was provided with the products used to develop my recipe. As...
It's time for my annual summer recap, now that the State Fair has come and gone and school buses are making slow circuits around my neighborhood. June, July, and August are what keep me in Minnesota year after year, and here's how I made the most of them:
As an American with internationally-minded wanderlust, one thing that bums me out about the United States is that it's so big. Foreign travel usually involves pricey plane tickets and copious amounts of vacation time.
Making the most of my CSA share with a refreshing bowl of cold tomato soup and corn-on-the-cob This post is sponsored by Untiedt's Vegetable Farm, Inc. I've been an Untiedt's shareholder since their...
This post is sponsored by Stonyfield Organic and Justin's via the Clean Plate Club blogger program. In exchange for this post, I was provided with the products used to develop my recipe. As always,...
There is a tendency on food blogs (and their accompanying social media accounts) to present the best possible moments to the world: a brilliantly-hued smoothie bowl, a gorgeous scoop of ice cream, a story about finding the perfect tomato at the farmer's market.
Of all the places we visited on our travels across Germany, Dresden is the city I'm most eager to return to. We spent less than 24 hours in Dresden, just enough time to explore the Baroque Old Town,...
This post is sponsored by Stonyfield Organic , Le Creuset , and Kitchen IQ via the Clean Plate Club blogger program. In exchange for this post, I was provided with the products used to develop my...
Confession: I don't really do side dishes. After a day of staring at spreadsheets and unintelligible government forms, and an hour of rush hour traffic, pulling together a main course is about all I...
Weissgerbegasse Nürnberg (Nuremberg to English speakers) is a city of half a million. But thanks to the pedestrian-only street running through the Old Town and the mostly-intact medieval wall, it...
My review of the Ritter Sport chocolate flavors available in the U.S. is one of my all-time most popular posts. I have been a Ritter Sport fan since a college trip to Germany: the brand combines my...
After seven years, baking every recipe from Beard on Bread , hosting Thanksgiving dinner , and transforming a half bushel of tomatoes into a winter's worth of sauce , I can finally consider myself an...
The Maple Grove outpost of Patrick's Bakery & Cafe is a welcome refuge from the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes' plethora of chain restaurants and vast expanses of asphalt. Patrick's is a sleek space, with a...
I'm always on the lookout for whole food-based, low sugar snacking options. But some of my favorites--fresh fruit, vegetables and hummus, Greek yogurt, homemade baked oatmeal bars--are either unwieldy to bring on the go or require refrigeration. That's why I was excited to try Crispy Green's line of freeze-dried Crispy Fruit
Ploenlein, the most picturesque and most photographed corner in Rothenburg Rothenburg ob der Tauber is Germany's best-preserved medieval town, a colorful jumble of half-timbered buildings completely...
This is a recipe for Minnesota in early June, the time of year when weekly farmer's markets are up and running but most of the vendors haven't made an appearance yet. There are stalls selling cookies,...
Neues Rathaus Beer, giant pretzels, oompah music, the Höfbrauhaus: Munich is the postcard stereotype of a German city. But while you can find plenty of beer halls and Bavarian kitsch (plus crowds of...
Although it's tucked away from the Midtown Global Market's central seating area, a bright blue color scheme makes Moroccan Flavors hard to miss. Obviously, the focus is on Moroccan food, with a short...
Neuschwanstein Southern Bavaria is the image of a stereotypical German postcard: snow-capped mountains, imposing castles, quaint painted buildings, shops selling dirndls and lederhosen. The marquee...
Porta Nigra In most German cities, the historic quarter is focused around a church from the 1500s or the remnants of a medieval city wall. In the western city of Trier, things go back much farther...
