I am so excited to be the tour coordinator for this amazing Food tour of Tuscany with Americas Test Kitchens and I hope you can join us on this fabulous foodie trip. This is only the 4th tour that America’s Test Kitchen has scheduled — the first 3 filled in 2 days each so signup today! Find more information and book your trip on my trip site: https://grouptoursite.com/tours/atkmarylovstad Booking is open now. You will need to… Read More
Later, I Shall Eat Pie!
I am so excited to be talking about all things Pie, –yes, I said Pie in this episode with my guest will Cristen Clark, an Iowa farmer, an Iowa Food and Family Project, contributor, a skillful baker whose Harvest Pear Pie brought $3,000 for the Blue Ribbon Foundation at the Iowa State Fair and a Cooking and Baking Contest Judge, just to name a few of her talents. Listen to my interview and learn how… Read More
Podcast: 3 Pork Chops, Ham Balls, and Sausage Gravy
Recipes From My Podcast Guests Alicia: Brandy and Brown Sugar Ham Glaze Alicia: Biscuts and Gravy Casserole Val: Hamball Recipe, An Iowa Classic Val: All-Purpose Pork Rub – Tractor Approved Recipe Val: A Look Inside Our Pig Barns Helpful Sites About Raising Pigs and Pork 7 Pasture Pig Breeds for the Small Farm: How to Choose the Best Pigs to Pasture Raise How to Choose Pig Breeds For Your Farm Five Pigs for Your Hobby… Read More
Podcast: Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner
Resources Martzahn’s Farm Poultry Processing Healthy Harvest of North Iowa Iowa State Extension: Establishing a Backyard Poultry Flock The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock (Hobby Farms) How to Care for Chickens 101: Causes & Solutions for Chickens Losing Feathers Can You Keep Chickens For Eggs When RVing Full Time Chicken Coops Urban Coop Company Tractor… Read More
Fresh Eggs and a Five Hundred Dollar Quiche
A few springs ago, my husband, Eric, after much thought and planning, decided we were ready to start our chicken adventure. Our local farm/hardware store has live chicks in the spring. You just reach into the cow tank and try to grab the ones you like the best — a little like carnival night in grade school, and put them in the cardboard box you have to put together yourself. Ironically, the same shape as… Read More
The Great British Bake Off Inspired Me to Bake a Cake…
I have been binge watching The Great British Baking Show this winter — all seasons and the Christmas shows and it made me think I wanted to be a better baker. It has inspired me to start a cake project and to begin with recipes in my grandmother’s handwritten cookbook. One of the cakes they talk about all the time on The Great British Bake Off is a sponge. While digging through those old family recipes… Read More
I Was Shocked to Find This Hidden Art Treasure in North Iowa…
This winter I when was doing a cooking class for a travel blogger group in Charles City, Iowa. The first night we were staying at the lovely Red Cedar Lodge, getting to know each other, eating treats that would make any foodie jealous, laughing A LOT and having a little too much wine when one of the bloggers, Theresa Goodrich, author of of “Two Lane Gems, Vols 1 & 2” asked if I was interested… Read More
Winter Glamping, Cooking with friends & Beef Stew guest blog.
Recently I did a cooking class at a Winter Glamping blogger event at the beautiful Red Cedar Lodge in Charles City, Iowa. Winter Camping for me was a new adventure and it was lovely. Winter walks, cozy cabins, Christmas shopping in town, baking bread and sharing this beef stew with new and old friends. Perfection. One of my blogger friends enjoyed this stew enough to share it on her blog. I hope you enjoy as… Read More
Lefse and the Real Importance of Holiday Traditions
Today, I was reminded why we jump through all of those holiday hoops. We make dozens of cookies, we drink hot chocolate or eggnog, we shop and we trim the tree. Just when we think we can’t do anymore, we clean the house and make 250 Swedish meatballs for the crew descending on us for our family Christmas Party (or whatever holiday you celebrate). Every year we say we are going to cut down, make it simpler, but… Read More
1 Week Spring Challenge: If you have it ..eat it!
Last night when I was searching through the pantry, freezer and fridge trying to figure out what to eat for supper I realized I still have a lot of my fall harvest items left. I don’t know if you are like this but I savor them and am kind of stingy sometimes with them — saving them for a “special meal”. Now it is the middle of March and I am planning my garden and… Read More
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