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#38: Visit the American Swedish Institute (a Minnesota Historic Site)
For the past several years, all the adults on my husband’s side of our family have opted to follow a name exchange program to facilitate Christmas gift-giving. For 2012 my husband’s younger brother drew my name, and consulted my husband … Continue reading
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#85: Make baklava
During my youth my mom worked part-time outside the home, and full-time inside of it. As a result, my parents, sister, and I all sat down to a home-cooked family dinner nearly every week night. My mom usually served simple-yet-balanced … Continue reading
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#75: Try a new vegetable
It has been in the negative temperatures for the past five days, and barely above zero degrees for another four days. To add insult to injury, the roads are caked in a white salt coating, the skies are a perpetual … Continue reading
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#89: Make biscotti
In my world (mind), cookies reside in a hierarchy. The bottom of the pyramid is split between two types of cookies: bar cookies and no-bake cookies. Bar cookies are sweets that are baked in a pan, then cut into squares … Continue reading
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Cheese Curds: Revisited
Last week, just a few hours after I published my experience with List Item #79, several of my friends and family chimed in to share their POV on cheese curds. One friend explained that I hadn’t actually completed the challenge, … Continue reading
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#79: Try cheese curds
Every environment has its peculiarities. Fifteen years ago, when I moved to the state I now call home, I had to learn the quirks of my new locale. It wasn’t long before I realized that a sizable population of the … Continue reading
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Similarity amid diversity
One of the local grocery stores has an aisle dedicated to “ethnic” foods. Various genres of staples, spices, and sweets each get a 4’ section of shelving – with no smooth transition from one to the next. So Mexican tortillas … Continue reading
#76: Try a new type of cheese
I once dated a guy who didn’t like cheese. The demise of our relationship involved a lot more than his disdain for dairy – but that didn’t help. :) Fortunately, the man I married is a fan of fromage in … Continue reading
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#5: Go to the city’s farmers market
I only recently realized how much of an impact physical place can have on a person. Some environments feel very comfortable to me, while others feel foreign and awkward. I grew up in Indiana, a state that is in a … Continue reading
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#63: Eat a raw-food meal
When I moved to Minneapolis after completing college, I didn’t know what to expect. My only interaction with the state (prior to the on-site interviews for the job I secured) was watching the movie “Fargo” – which hardly counts as … Continue reading
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