In her warm and often deliciously funny memoir Prairie Cooks, Carrie Young celebrates the Norwegian American foods of her childhood in an artful blend of reminiscences and recipes.\ \ Having grown up in a Norwegian American community imbued with the customs and foods of the Old Country, Young recalls how her mother and neighbors skillfully blended Scandinavian with what they called the American style of cooking, as she celebrates the food of her childhood in 72 unique...
In her warm and often deliciously funny memoir Prairie Cooks, Carrie Young celebrates the Norwegian American foods of her childhood in an artful blend of reminiscences and recipes.
Prefaceix1.Lutefisk and Lefse12.Cooking for the Threshers133.All of Her Mother's Children264.Liver, Black Pudding, and Antiphlogistine335.A Flair for the Dramatic376.Glorified Rice457.One Man's Meat508.A Born Cook599.Bloomers7010.Kaffe Tid7411.Gigi8212.Entire County Saved by Rhubarb8813.Fran's Famous Frozen Peas9214.A Man's Worth9415.Three-Day Buns9916.The Nine Days of Christmas105A Note on the Recipes129Recipe Index131