Up North Kitchen 

Back when I lived downstate and was working for Ford, I visited a shock absorber plant for work in the middle of Nebraska, and the plant employed many farmer's wives. They put together a cookbook for their 35th anniversary of the plant, and many of the ladies had crock pots bubbling away at their work stations, making lunch to share. They gave me a copy of their cookbook, which has plenty of hearty down home recipes in it, including copper penny carrots, which is a carrot

Romaine lettuce, Ghost House Farm, Hancock MI I have to admit, I have a fascination with the women’s sections of the old farming magazines. As a result, I have a big collection of Farm Journal cookbooks that I have picked up at garage sales over time. And I also have a collection of vintage Taste of Home cookbooks, which is what happened when publisher Roy Reiman realized he needed to create a cooking magazine which utilized the same philosophy of reader-contributed cont

Spinach, baby kale, and lettuce from the hoop. Beets and carrots from the summer from Ghost House Farms Hancock, Michigan April 14, 2026 "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer" Albert Camus Here we are, at the beginning of mud season here in the Keweenaw. I am so looking forward to fresh produce. I have never understood why many restaurants don't make salad dressings from scratch. They taste so much fresher and are relatively inexp