At first glance, no one would describe me as trendy. I've had the same hairstyle since the seventh grade--long, no bangs, parted down the middle (I've occasionally tried cutting my hair shorter, but...
Last summer, this blog passed the four year mark. That's a lot of recipes and restaurant reviews and pictures of my dinner. Although I try to focus on new-to-the-blog ingredients and techniques,...
One of the most the thoughtful gifts I've ever received was a wedding present from my Aunt Ruth. She compiled a binder of family recipes: my Great-great-grandma Malerich's blueberry muffins, my...
I have long been skeptical of baked apples. They've always struck me as something that well-meaning but clueless adults offer children as "dessert," even though anyone old enough to chew understands...
The Zeus Big River Pizza knows how to take care of vegetarians. I've eaten my more than my fair share of margherita pizzas over the years, and while there's nothing wrong with tomatoes and basil, they...
I'm a longtime fan of Beatrice Ojakangas. Besides writing 29 cookbooks and earning a place in the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame, she's a fellow Minnesotan. Much of her work reflects her Finnish-American heritage (The Finnish Cookbook, The Great Scandinavian Baking Book, Scandinavian Feasts) and skill as a baker (Great Whole Grain Breads, The Soup & Bread Cookbook, The Great Holiday Baking Book).
There's a joke about all the people who would become vegetarians, if only bacon were a vegetable. Personally, I'm too non-dogmatic about food to rule out entire categories--I like my French onion soup...
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...
