Author Archives: kunstkitchen

About kunstkitchen

Visual artist and writer hunting words, languages, visions, and insight in my kitchen - connecting Art (Kunst) and culture and slow food cooking. Classically trained artist. Paint and draw with traditional materials. Live in the Northland where it's six months of winter. Appreciate the little things in life. Sharing food and art experiences and the lessons that my talented and generous friends have given me.

Drifting = Searching for missing objects causes distracted goofiness

Posted on 05/22/2023 by kunstkitchen

People have commiserated with me over moving. It takes me days to find objects, clothing, and then today a hunt for the right portfolio, in a box with the prepared paper that’s ready for a new portrait…they say, “that’s why … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemplative life, environment | Tagged art, divesting possessions, haunting objects, moving house, poetry, writing | 3 Comments

Authentic Red Beans and Rice Recipe Two Ways for 25 Below Zero Weather

Posted on 04/26/2023 by kunstkitchen

Feeling tired from the last few days of brutal cold weather in the upper Midwest? Well, I am. My food muse was also tired of the steady diet of the same old thing. Standing in front of the fridge door open with a finger to my lips thinking, “Nope, nothing there to inspire dinner.” Continue reading →

Posted in Food Humor, Slow food and art in the kitchen, Vegetables, Vegetarian | Tagged cajun spice, cajun spice recipe, cold wether comfort food, Fiesta Friday, garlic, jasmine rice, red beans and rice, REd Beans and Rice Recipe, spinach recipe, steamed spinach with sliced almonds | 35 Comments

Where have I been = Moving to a new place and surviving…so where the heck did everything go?

Posted on 04/25/2023 by kunstkitchen

Friends came to the rescue at the end of months and years of sorting and packing when it was “the final count down” to moving day. Thanks to: Alicia who helped me for an afternoon the weekend before my move … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Architecture, Art Work | Tagged art troves, Friends, losing things, Minneapolis, moving day, moving house, pencil drawings. fantasy drawings, selling art, suzanne Craig-Whytock, unpacking after a move | 8 Comments

Kieren’s Kitchen – North East Minneapolis = Food Building & Makers – Local Foods

Posted on 03/17/2023 by kunstkitchen

Hey! It’s below zero degrees Fahrenheit today! But here’s a reblog from 2019 as the Food building is open and still making all their products. Let’s go out and have lunch again. Happy Shamrock Day! ♡♡♡♡♡ Our Autumn days are … Continue reading →

Posted in Meat, photography, Slow food and art in the kitchen, Soup, Vegetables, Yeast Bread | Tagged Baker's Field Bakery, Catering, Foods of Minnesota, kieren's kitchen northeast minneapolis, Locally cured meats, locally milled flour, Midwestern local food and restaurant, MN, music, Red table Meats, restaurant with local sourced foods, Spruce Soda Company Minneapolis, Wisconsin and Iowa | 3 Comments

Chocolate Nut and Fruit Chunks = Chocoladebrokken – Candy Recipe

Posted on 02/17/2023 by kunstkitchen

Remember Chunky “What a chunk of Chocolate!”? No? Here’s a recipe for something to serve with coffee that seems to be an approximation of a “Chunky”. It has all my favorite foods: chocolate, raisins, apricots and nuts. Continue reading →