Tempt Me: The Fine Art of Minnesota Cooking

By Kathryn Strand Koutsky & Linda Koutsky
Minnesota Historical Society Press, $24.95

This book is more than just a cookbook: It’s a collection of vintage recipes, evocative and colorful illustrations, and vivid vintage advertising. Readers will take a tour of Minnesota’s food sensations from the 1880s through the 1980s, showcasing each era’s kitchens and elevating food and cooking to fine art. Recipes include bread pudding, apple dumplings, beer-cheese soup, beef hash, and Great Aunt Vivian’s Really Good Hot Spam Sandwich.—Breana Roy