My boyfriend and I made dinner for ourselves and his two roommates last night. Barbeques (aka Sloppy Joes but heavier on the BBQ flavor), Minnesota Sweet Corn, a delicious green salad and seedless black grapes. Dessert was made by...

, or an enormous logistical challenge to try and procure staple goods for the day care business at a Co-op, Farmers' Market (when they’re available up here in Minnesota), or other non-standard grocery source. I suppose I...

here in California to the wild strawberries and blueberries that my mother can get (hardwon with bugbites and scratches) in Minnesota, but maybe if I learn the techniques out here on some good local organic berries, some summer I...

with seaweed on the outside) for my lunch. Once, a friend of mine sitting across from me (in rural Minnesota) says, gross, what are you eating? I told her it was a rice ball with seaweed and if she didn`t like it that she didn`t...

Hauenstein & Pfeiffer we used to get for $3.99 a case in returnable bottles when I went to college in Minnesota (late 70s & early 80s).

She’s gonna be a plump old grandma living in Minnesota some Day . ( Think the movie Fargo accent:) " Oh dear , the hot dish is done already , oh my ! "

to down the local specialty: the Garbage Plate in Rochester, Hotdish in Minnesota. At worst, it can be a waist-expanding endeavor in scary Americana (i.e. neon green jello moulds), but it is still a welcome opportunity to take a...

A question I’ve pondered for many years. Why do people insist on using chopsticks to eat Asian food, even in a setting like a corporate cafeteria? These are not people who grew up using them. Isn’t it easier to use a...

rural bars. I lived in Minnesota until I was 8, and from what I’ve been told, when my parents couldn’t find a babysitter they would bring me along with them to the neighborhood bar, so their appeal is obviously lodged...

A shore lunch of Sunfish, with a little flour, salt and pepper, cooked on an open fire in a cast iron pan with some oil, on the shore of a Minnesota lake in May. A side of baked beans in the can heated in the fire. The bucket...

I moved to the Bay Area from Saint Paul in 1992 and was shocked at the poor state of grocery shopping here. In 1992, nearly all Minnesota supermarket chains, from the posh ones to the warehouse stores, were open 24/7 (I hear that...

to Minnesota Monthly in January and that she keeps a blog there. Etc. Or that she recently changed her name. I just don’t understand the objection to people providing the information they have, as long as they disclose with...

The water in Duluth Minnesota is spectacular!

I am from Minnesota, and I find it much easier to get good Mexican food there New England. I now live in Boston, and I am thinking of trying a few of the suggestions above. I lived in Providence for 5 years before moving to...

We still have lots of ice cream trucks here in St. Paul, Minnesota. I grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania 22 miles from the nearest town of any consequence, so our milk men wore barn boots. But we had regular visits from Avon...