Greetings from my vintage kitchen!
Grab a cup of coffee (and maybe a little something sweet) and catch up on what I am cooking right now, my family’s food traditions and my love for all things vintage.
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Continue ReadingMy top three “picks” for using fresh strawberries: pie, jam and a frozen dessert! There is nothing quite like the sweet taste of fresh strawberries and the hunt for the best berries on a beautiful summer evening is equally as delightful. I am grateful I had the chance to go…
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Continue ReadingI tapped my collection of thrifted recipe boxes and church cookbooks to source some recipes where rhubarb is the star of the show. Summer is on the horizon, and it’s time to roll out the red carpet for the true star of the season: rhubarb! In Minnesota, it feels like…
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Continue ReadingMother’s Day is this weekend, making it the perfect time to honor all the moms who play such an important role in carrying on the food traditions in our families and keeping all of us so well-fed. Think about it. Our moms are often the ones who take charge…
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Continue ReadingSpring Is FINALLY Here. Cue the Confetti (and cake)! It’s so nice to see green grass again (or grass at all!), the trees budding and tulips popping that it’s surely a reason to celebrate! What more perfect way to mark the return of spring than with a pretty dessert like the…
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Continue ReadingTo say my family loves to fish is an understatement. Weddings and other special celebrations must be planned to avoid walleye opener in May, and don’t even think of interfering with the guys’ annual fishing trip to Canada each June. My brothers, Chris and Jered, estimate they log 300-400 hours…
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Continue ReadingI’ll never forget when I got my recipe box. I bought it for myself, shortly after I got married. The chartreuse-color, French-looking wooden box with a bent spoon for a handle caught my eye at my neighborhood kitchen store and I knew I had to have it. I mean I…