Ruffed Grouse: Dinner on the Wing
Around our house, we don’t eat a lot of chicken during September and October. Instead we have fresh ruffed grouse for dinner as often as...
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Northern Pike Salad with Lemon-Chile Sesame Dressing
Most anglers know full well the thrill of hooking into a northern pike. Northern pike bite throughout the day, even during the sunny doldrums of...
Shrubs, Bitters and WildCrafted Cocktails
Last month, I tuned into a live webcast to learn how to make a sugar-reduced version of the Spanish summer classic, sangria. This drink is...
Secrets of the Pie Place Café
Recipes & Stories Through the Seasons By Kathy Rice Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc. $19.95 In this follow-up to the Pie Place Café Cookbook, author...
The Abundant Zucchini
by Kim Falter
Gardening on the North Shore can be a challenge, but one vegetable you can count on in abundance is the bountiful zucchini. Technically a fruit,...
Foraging in the forest: Cattails
by Emily Stone
North Shore—Starting around the Fourth of July, I begin watching my local cattail marsh like a hawk. Slowing my car and rubbernecking shamelessly, I search...
Rhubarb Recipes
Rhubarb Bars From Midwest Living 3 cups fresh or frozen unsweetened, sliced rhubarb 1 cup granulated sugar ¼ cup water ½ cup granulated sugar 2...
Savory Sweet
Simple Preserves from a Northern Kitchen By Beth Dooley & Mette Nielsen University of Minnesota Press, $24.95 “Let’s dispense with the usual old notions of...