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Bay Catfish Stew
Back in the 1990s, one of my go-to winter recipes was “Cantonese Fish and Vegetable Soup” from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. It was my favorite way to eat catfish, which back then was a cheap fish. When I made it last … Continue reading
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Tagged catfish recipe, catfish soup, catfish stew, fish recipe, fish stew
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Driving around North Dakota
I’ve been spending many hours writing a story set in northeastern North Dakota. I was here in late August at the height of the agricultural season, just as the harvest was beginning. I did the drives and learned the landscape– straight roads … Continue reading
Elk Stew
This year at Christmas we went to a magical place called Jagerhaven. That’s German for “hunter’s haven,” and this place, as people like to say, “couldn’t be more Stearns county.” As you know if you read the blog, Stearns County … Continue reading
Bean and squash soup
I’ve started the year on this “clean eating” thing during January. And happily, it very closely resembles the way I usually eat. I’ve cut out caffeine and alcohol and cut down very seriously on the gluten. And my real goal … Continue reading
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Tagged bean and squash soup, bean soup, butternut squash soup, delicata squash soup, great winter soup, squash soup, winter squash soup, winter vegetable soup
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Understanding North Dakota
I’ve been reading about North Dakota these days. Memoirs and diaries and long articles. It’s research for a novel set and in some ways about North Dakota. I have been reading with two basic questions in mind: “What is it like to live … Continue reading
Holiday Meals
New Year’s Eve is about food. Is anything not about food? This year, unlike most years, I’m full of resolution. Time to turn this thing around. Exercise! No sugar! Weight Loss! Make my own cleaning products! I have plans, people… … Continue reading
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Community
I’ve been volunteering a couple hours a month at the local food shelf. I’ve always given money to food shelves, and the most fun I ever had volunteering was sorting food and filling boxes at the Chicago Food Shelf about … Continue reading
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Tagged black walnuts, community, country life, food pantry, food shelf, giving food, rural food shelf
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Serial: Not a Monster
Sarah Koenig reached a conclusion. And it was not about the guilt or innocence of Adnan Syed, but about the lack of evidence and the poor case against him. Reviewing the evidence (again and again) and speaking to everyone who … Continue reading
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Tagged Adnan Syed, death row, North Carolina death row, prisoner pen pal, prisoners, sarah koenig, serial podcast
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Pickled Pineapple
Christmas is a time when I allow myself to get all “exotic” with the food. My favorite Depression-era story about Christmas tells of children receiving oranges in their stockings. As a child, it was probably the first time I ever considered where food came from … Continue reading
Carrots in December
Last night I went down to the basement and rooted around in a bucket of sand until I had unearthed all the carrots I buried there in August. The sand was cold and damp. Some of the carrots had sprouted … Continue reading
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Tagged carrots, storing carrots, winter vegetable storage
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