Ann burckhardt the former food editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune hastraveled thousands of miles across the state to visit the places that haveshaped Minnes... » 

Ann burckhardt the former food editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune hastraveled thousands of miles across the state to visit the places that haveshaped Minnesotas food heritage and to meet the people who grow cook marketand serve our states favorite foods. With 40 memorable essays 160 recipesand over 100 delightful photos Burckhardt takes us on a culinary tour ofMinnesota as she attends smalltown festivals tours landmark institutions andinterviews wellknown chefs. Burckhardt a veteran food journalist takes usbehind the scenes of the most famous cooking contest ever the Pillsbury BakeOff where she was judge for a number of years. She visits a miners home onthe Iron Range the kitchen of a turnofthe century lumber camp a patch ofNorth Blues on a blueberry farm and the sacred arena at a Native Americanpowwow. She samples fajitas at Cinco de Mayo sweet potato pie at Rondo Daysand riskrem at St. Olafs Christmas Festival. She meets the people behindMennesotas famous food companiesWatkins Land OLakes Hormel and others.And she profiles famous food personalities including cookbook author and radiohost Lynne Rossetto Kasper Father Bernard Reiser whose flock runs a popularState Faire dinner hotelier and television chef John Schumacher andScandinavian food authority and cookbook author Beatrice Peaches Ojakangas.Organized into four sectionsCelebrations and Festivals Savory SpecialtiesMemorable Places and North Star Cooksthese forty essays include interviewshistorical background food trivia cooks tips and kitchentested recipesthat will appeal to food lovers of all backgrounds and interests. Adventurouscooks will delightin preparing a variety of Minnesota foods to be shared inmany settings soups for busy family dinners quick breads for mornings up atthe lake prizewinning deserts for holiday potlucks The book also includes anuptodate appendix with tourist and Web site information. «