Part I. My paternal grandparents: a story of commitment and perseverance
My maternal grandparents: a story of famine, fire, and fear
Growing up on a farm in Northern Minnesota
Sunday services at Uncle Frank's
Visits from aunts and uncles
Some stories are hard to tell
Lincoln School in Floodwood
Anne Brown's beauty parlor
Town kids versus country kids
Heaven and how to get there
Confirmation in the Finnish Lutheran Church
Part II. Becoming a home economist
My first taste of gourmet food
My "toast in the morning man"
A marriage encounter with moussaka
Two years at vocational school
Cooking school in the South of France with Simca
The seven-course Morel Festival Meal
In the kitchen with Julia Child
On TV with Martha Stewart
Peachie, the butter spokesperson
The butter churn and my beloved mom
Twenty-nine cookbooks and counting: all of them "Pot Boilers"
Cooking in a church kitchen (bring sharp knives).
Part I. My paternal grandparents: a story of commitment and perseverance
My maternal grandparents: a story of famine, fire, and fear
Growing up on a farm in Northern Minnesota
Sunday services at Uncle Frank's
Visits from aunts and uncles
Some stories are hard to tell
Lincoln School in Floodwood
Anne Brown's beauty parlor
Town kids versus country kids
Heaven and how to get there
Confirmation in the Finnish Lutheran Church
Part II. Becoming a home economist
My first taste of gourmet food
My "toast in the morning man"
A marriage encounter with moussaka
Two years at vocational school
Cooking school in the South of France with Simca
The seven-course Morel Festival Meal
In the kitchen with Julia Child
On TV with Martha Stewart
Peachie, the butter spokesperson
The butter churn and my beloved mom
Twenty-nine cookbooks and counting: all of them "Pot Boilers"
Cooking in a church kitchen (bring sharp knives).