• Simple, Clean, and Local: Sturdiwheat Mixes Keep it Simple

    That’s how Red Wing’s Sturdiwheat sources the ingredients for their beloved pancake, bread, and dessert mixes. It’s what they’ve done for more than 80 years. Today Sturdiwheat is family-owned and operated by mother-daughter team Suzanne and Missi Blue.

  • Bean to Bar: Carobeans Single Origin Chocolate Delights

    Caroline Houghton of Carobeans knew that she was serious about chocolate when she bought her own melanger to grind cocoa beans into chocolate. Carobeans is an artisan bean to bar chocolatier based in St Louis Park, MN.

  • Fig and Cheese Kernza Naan Pizzas

      Fig and Cheese Kernza Naan Pizzas This recipe is a favorite of Gwen Willians of [...]

  • Spring Green Pesto

      Spring Green Pesto I love fresh salads, but sometimes I just don’t feel like crunching [...]

  • Artisan Naan Bakery: Bringing a More Sustainable Bread to Your Table

    Tahir Sandhu and Gwen Williams of St. Cloud, Minnesota’s Artisan Naan Bakery found that the easiest way to eat the naan and other flatbreads they enjoyed was to make it themselves.  “We started the bakery for purely selfish reasons,” laughed Gwen. “My husband was quite dissatisfied, and had been for years, with the frozen naan, roti and pita that we found in stores.” 

  • Cottage Garden Bouquet

      Cottage Garden Bouquet How do you build a lush cottage grove bouquet? Try this recipe [...]