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Family Traditions First appeared in Grainews on September 2018 Articles One of the great truisms about food is that by cooking the foods of our forebears, we maintain or re-establish a link with our heritage. My mother’s antecedents were off-Colony Hutterites who... 
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Cold Weather Variety ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 9 March 2021 Before the polar vortex returned and the morning thermometer read -40 C, I spent some time splitting birch for the wood stove in the kitchen. We live in a house that’s over one hundred years old,... 
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Articles Baking Bread with Shon First appeared in Grainews on 24 April 2018 When Mom learned that Dave and I were going to spend two weeks writing at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, she said, “Make sure you say hi to Shon and Steve. They’re good folks.” So, soon... 
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Apple Crepes to Say Farewell ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 19 February 2019 I learned recently that my culinary mentor, Madeleine Kamman, died in July 2018. At the time, the event went unnoticed. But when I got word, the news flattened me. Madeleine was the...