Category Archives: Slow food and art in the kitchen

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

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

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

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

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Chocolate Nut and Fruit Chunks = Chocoladebrokken – Candy Recipe

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

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Tart Queen Rising = Fresh Peach and Berry Tart Recipe –

There were fresh raspberries and blueberries at the market – locally grown – that cried out to be in a tart. What’s so great about a tart, you wonder? Continue reading

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August Compositions = Red and Green and Everything in between – Farmers Market Finds

The weather is great in the city of Minneapolis this weekend. Even a little rain overnight. We are missing rain, which we need for the crops. Continue reading

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