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Dairy

Beer Battered Cheese Curds

by Laura 19 February 2012
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Every August we make a pilgrimage to the Minnesota State Fair for a shortlist of deep fried foods on a stick.  When we spotted fresh cheese curds at our co-op this week, we had to try frying them at home.   Salty, oozing cheese and crisp batter—and in less time than it takes to get them [...]

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Top Shelf Egg Nog

by Laura 21 December 2011
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This egg nog combines excellent orange liqueur, brandy, and dark rum with egg-enriched heavy cream and whole milk. Share This: Recommend on FacebookShare on PinterestShare with StumblersTweet about itEmail a friend

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Potato & Fiddlehead Fern Gratin

by Laura 25 May 2011
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Thin slices of creamy potato and tender fiddlehead ferns baked in a bath of cream and topped with a crust of melted Emmenthaler.   Share This: Recommend on FacebookShare on PinterestShare with StumblersTweet about itEmail a friend

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Wild Ramp Cream Cheese

by Laura 13 May 2011
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If you are lucky enough to find some ramps this spring, and you can barely wait to cook with them, you can tame them and get one or two onto your plate in a heartbeat with this cream cheese.  Smeared onto some good bread, a bagel, or crispbread, these wild leeks, redolent of garlic and [...]

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A Fool for April Fool’s

by Laura 31 March 2011
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We’re kind of nutty for April Fool’s Day around here. We’re a silly family in the first place (see here). My Dear Husband is the truly funny one, but the rest of us take on April Fool’s with something of a mission, as our one day of the year to make him laugh. We start [...]

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Whipped Fresh Sheep’s Milk Ricotta with Frozen Blueberries

by Laura 27 March 2011
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My Honey Girl and I attended a cheesemaking class with Jodi Ohlsen Read of Shepherd’s Way Farms yesterday, at a charming shop in St. Paul called Egg Plant Urban Farm Supply.  I’m totally smitten.  They stock baby chicks(!), chicken coop, gardening, cheesemaking, canning, and maple syrupping supplies, and more.  It’s a small retail space, but [...]

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Homemade Yogurt with Winter Citrus Syrup

by Laura 10 March 2011
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I’m thinking this morning about long lost books. My books.  I have what is perhaps a peculiar emotional attachment to them.  And I wish they could return home to their places, still waiting, on my bookshelves.  Some of the books, I know, are well cared for and will return someday after their long excursions. The [...]

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Vanilla Custard

by Laura 5 March 2011
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I made coconut macaroons yesterday.  This recipe is an Ole to their Lena, a Hardy to their Laurel.  It’s a pairing recipe in every sense, a frugal sister to egg-white only recipes, and a happy partner for a crumble or a figgy pudding or a slice of chocolate cake.  You could eat it with a [...]

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Homemade Cultured Butter Pressed with a Hand-carved Butter Mold

by Laura 1 March 2011
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My Norwegian grandfather had something of a love affair with butter; he loved a pool in which to cook an egg or some hash, or a thick smear on toast.  But mostly, it was his tableside companion at every home-cooked dinner I can remember eating with him, and he was not shy with it.  A [...]

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An Old-fashioned Minnesota Blizzard & Rich Hot Chocolate for Two

by Laura 20 February 2011
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After a taste of spring, we are in the midst of another good old-fashioned Minnesota blizzard.  I love a blizzard.  Here in Minnesota, snowfalls come and stay for the winter every year, but a real pileup, one that sends people en masse to the markets and shops the day before it’s to hit, is always [...]

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Cream Tea: A Proper Cup of Tea with Cream Scones, Homemade Clotted Cream, & Jam

by Laura 10 January 2011
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When we lived in England, one of my favorite things to do was to pause for cream tea in the afternoon. It’s such a nice respite in the middle of a busy day, so civilized, and so edifying. It really only takes a few minutes, too. These cream scones are prepped and out of the [...]

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