| A Cook's Tour of Minnesota Contributor(s): Burckhardt, Ann L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873514688 ISBN-13: 9780873514682 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Ann burckhardt, the former food editor at the Minneapolis Star "Tribune, has traveled thousands of miles across the state to visit the places that have shaped Minnesota's food heritage and to meet the people who grow, cook, market, and serve our state's favorite foods. With 40 memorable essays, 160 recipes, and over 100 delightful photos, Burckhardt takes us on a culinary tour of Minnesota as she attends small-town festivals, tours landmark institutions, and interviews well-known chefs. Burckhardt, a veteran food journalist, takes us behind the scenes of the most famous cooking contest ever, the Pillsbury Bake-Off, where she was judge for a number of years. She visits a miner's home on the Iron Range, the kitchen of a turn-of-the century lumber camp, a patch of "North Blues" on a blueberry farm, and the sacred arena at a Native American powwow. She samples fajitas at Cinco de Mayo, sweet potato pie at Rondo Days, and riskrem at St. Olaf's Christmas Festival. She meets the people behind Mennesota's famous food companies--Watkins, Land O'Lakes, Hormel, and others. And she profiles famous food personalities including cookbook author and radio host Lynne Rossetto Kasper; Father Bernard Reiser, whose flock runs a popular State Faire dinner; hotelier and television chef John Schumacher; and Scandinavian food authority and cookbook author Beatrice "Peaches" Ojakangas. Organized into four sections--Celebrations and Festivals, Savory Specialties, Memorable Places, and North Star Cooks--these forty essays include interviews, historical background, food trivia, cook's tips, and kitchen-tested recipes that will appeal to food lovers of all backgrounds and interests. Adventurous cooks will delightin preparing a variety of Minnesota foods to be shared in many settings: soups for busy family dinners, quick breads for mornings up at the lake, prizewinning deserts for holiday potlucks, The book also includes an up-to-date appendix with tourist and Web site information. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - American - Middle Western States |
| Dewey: 641.597 |
| LCCN: 2003011666 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 8.15" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: What do you get when you mix Tater Tots, ground beef, and cream of mushroom soup? Tater Tot Hot Dish, of course Retired Minneapolis Star Tribune "Taste" section editor--the delightful auntie every discerning foodie wants to call their own--Ann Burckhardt brings back the comfy casseroles of the fifties and sixties with modern updates for busy families, swingin' singles, and twenty-first-century potluckers in Hot Dish Heaven A veritable geography of the best-of-the-best hot dishes, this handy cookbook features seventy kitchen-tested recipes collected from casserole connoisseurs across the Midwest. Emphasizing the use of fresh, nutritious ingredients without losing sight of the importance of a good can of soup in the right bake-and-share meal, Burckhardt balances delicious down-home selections like Texas Hash, Football Stew, and Reuben Bake with such wholesome one-dish wonders as Whole Grain Pilaf and Tian of Rice and Zucchini. You too can dine like the stars with such dazzling feasts as Phoebe's Peach Noodle Kugel from the childhood kitchen of comedian Al Franken and the Cedric Adams Hot Dish, named after the late Broadcasting Hall of Famer once known as the "voice of the Upper Midwest." Burckhardt gives us the history of each dish, the classic variations, and ideas for cooking and sharing in today's busy world. |