Pantries deal with soaring food, gas prices

July 22, 2022

Soaring food and gas prices have also hurt charitable organizations that help those in need. “It's become a huge problem for us,” said Connie Wilson, a board member with the Lord's Cupboard Food Pantry in Minot. Earlier this week the Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo, which had been a major source for lower-priced food at the Lord's Cupboard Food Pantry, located at 1725 Burdick Expressway West in Minot, announced it is forecasting it will have 1 million fewer pounds of food to distribute to those in need during the current fiscal year. That amounts to more than 800,000 fewer ...

Let’s Cook: Any Way You Slice It!

July 16, 2022

Pie. A three-letter word that has power to draw folks together. It has the power to pull construction workers from their tasks at 3 in the afternoon. It has power to sit in a glass dessert case and receive more attention than a violet Faberge egg crusted with green peridots, and it also tastes ...

PrairieFare: Stay Hydrated in the heat of summer

June 27, 2022

“Wow, the prices went up in the last several days,” I exclaimed. My husband was studying the bill at the drive-through. We like to stop in for a quick treat now and then, and we usually get the same thing. We had been at the restaurant within the last week. “They charged us for a ...

Let’s Cook: Jam’n with Lilacs

June 18, 2022

“What a desolate place would be a world without flowers! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.” - Clara L. Balfour Our North Dakota cities, towns and expansive countryside have been smiling for the past two weeks! Lilacs in lavender, purple, white and pink have ...

Taste testers give Scandinavian cakes five stars

June 16, 2022

Ahead of this weekend’s Midsummer festival at the Scandinavian Heritage Park in Minot, Gourmet Chef offered a Scandinavian cake class with Olivia Kimberlin, assistant Karen Weber and Heritage Park board member Kae Watson. During the two-hour class from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, the women ...

Let’s Cook: Hydrated, Healthy and Happy

June 4, 2022

Spring and summer are about anticipation. With a delayed spring, we have been waiting for lilacs to bloom showing forth their color palette of lavender, deep purple and white. Summer has many of us anticipating fresh garden cucumbers. There is nothing like peeling a vine ripened cucumber and ...