Minnesota cookie recipes and Somali American cookbook
Megan Kocher reviewed The Great Minnesota Cookie Book and Soo Fariista, a Somali American cookbook, on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Sandwich Exotica
This is a quick post just to say that I came across this today and that led me to look up the cover artist,...
Breakfast with Beatrice
Breakfast with Beatrice and Original Scandinavian Recipes were featured on this installment of Read This Book with Megan Kocher, Curator of the Doris Kirschner Cookbook Collection, and host Lisa Von Drasek. Kocher also announced that the University Libraries recently acquired Beatrice Ojakangas' cookbook collection — which includes Original Scandinavian Recipes — for the Kirschner Collection, which is available to the public at the University of Minnesota's Magrath Library on the St. Paul campus.
New Acquisitions!
I’ve been waiting until everything was processed and on the shelves to make this announcement and now I finally can: The Kirschner Cookbook Collection is...
Our historical take on football snacks
As the Twin Cities prepares for the 2018 NFL championship game many locals are busily planning their party menus. We’re taking an old approach to current favorites with some historical recipes that are ready for a comeback: chicken wings, cheese straws, pretzels, and bacon-wrapped shrimp.
Nordic cooking and cookbooks
Nordic cooking with Megan Kocher on Read This Book.
Kirschner Materials Available Online
Last year, I worked with the Strategic Digitization Program at the University Libraries to scan all of our materials that were published prior to...
Books to Give, Vol. 4: Cooking
Books about cooking was the subject of this special holiday issue of Read This Book!: Books to Give 2016, Volume 4. Megan Kocher, curator of the Doris S. Kirschner Cookbook Collection recommended two books to give as gifts: "Come, You Taste: Recipes from the Iron Range" by B.J. Carpenter, and "The Vegetable Butcher" by Cara Mangini.
Cooking in Season: Broccoli and Cabbage!
This is our last farmers market post of the season and we've got two recipes that make use of late fall brassicas -- broccoli...
Cooking in Season: (More) Apples and New Potatoes
It's time for thefarmers market again and full-on apple season has arrived! Also, we've got a recipe for those tender little new potatoes. Enjoy! Cheese...
Cooking in Season: Tomatoes and Apples
This week I've picked out two recipes that celebrate the height of summer (tomatoes) and the beginning signs of fall (apples). And since today...
Cooking in Season: Sweet Corn and Kohlrabi
It's August and we have nearly reached peak vegetable time at the farmers markets! Sweet corn just started showing up a couple weeks ago so I dug up a new, interesting way to use it. I'm also featuring a recipe from a book that is brand new to our collection — V is for Vegetable.
Cooking in Season: Peas and Beets
The Libraries are back at the farmers market this week and we've got two new recipes for you featuring two of my favorite vegetables — peas and beets! Yum!
Cooking In Season: Blueberries & Zucchini
It's summer on campus which means that the Minnesota Farmers Market is back. The University of Minnesota Libraries will be hosting pop-up libraries at the...
Diets Through The Decades
Did you make a New Year's resolution to diet? If so, you might want to get some perspective by looking at the Diets Through...
We Can Pickle That!
Are you trying to figure out what to do with your bountiful summer harvest? Discover options for preserving everything from apricots to asparagus to meats.