Homemade: Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food

by Beatrice Ojakangas

Book Overview

Beatrice Ojakangas, the oldest of ten children, came by it naturally--the cooking but also the pluck and perseverance that she's served up with her renowned Scandinavian dishes over the years. In the wake of the Moose Lake fires and famine of 1918, Ojakangas tells us in this delightful memoir-cum-cookbook, her grandfather sent for a Finnish mail-order bride--and got one who'd trained as a chef.

Ojakangas's stories, are, unsurprisingly, steeped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816695792
• ISBN13: 9780816695799
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"