A Selection of Hot Sandwiches
John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, loved to gamble. One day he was on a hot streak and instructed a cook to prepare him...
Chuck Viren
A Tale of Two Tea Houses
They are separated by an international boundary and about 200 miles. Their biographies differ significantly. However, both Terri Lynn Fucile and Elizabeth Spehar share a...
North Shore Cake Decorating
“The winner of this Big Bake and 10 thousand dollars is . . .” Twelve years earlier, as she spun out on glare ice during...
Passion for Pasties on the North Shore
About the time the tin mines in Cornwall, England were playing out, rich deposits of iron and copper were discovered in the Upper Peninsula of...
Is Lutefisk Dead?
Zoar Church in Tofte held its final Lutefisk and Ham Dinner this fall. Around the state, other organizations have discontinued their annual lutefisk feeds. This...
Pairing Food and Wine, North Shore Style
Most of us have been there. We’re at a restaurant and an item on the menu catches our eye. It seems it should go great...
Sage Advice on Cooking Game Birds
It’s upon us. That glorious time of year where woodland hikes in the crisp autumn air, perhaps with our canine companions, yield a bounty of...
Crave Asian Food? Look to Thunder Bay
It does not take much to affirm that my decision to move back to Grand Marais was a good one. The evidence is all around...