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Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
BREAKFAST COMES FIRST
Great Plains Granola
Blueberry Compote
French Cream Cheese with Homemade Preserves
Red River Cherry or Cranberry Muffins
Tom's Northern Plains Rhubarb Muffins
Kringlor
St. Louis Gooey Butter Coffeecake
Apricot Kolache
Baked Cinnamon Apple French Toast
Lacy Handkerchief Crêpes
Old Country Sour Cream Breakfast Crêpes
Featherweight Whole Wheat Pancakes
Amish Friendship Pancakes
Wild Rice Pancakes with Chokecherry Syrup
Creamed Chicken on Indian Griddle Cakes
Gingerbread Waffles with Pear Sauce
Scrambled Eggs with Homemade Croutons and Chives
Hungarian Omelet
Campfire Breakfast
Scalloped Ham and Eggs
Fresh Herb Frittata
Tomato and Zucchini Scrambled Eggs
Savory Cheese Soufflé
Berry Good Bread Pudding
Asparagus, Goat Cheese, and Fresh Herb Bread Pudding
Ham and Cheese Bread and Butter Pudding
Herbed Sausage Patties
Swedish Potato Sausages
Sausage, Apple, and Cheddar Plait
Country Ham on Watercress Biscuits
Smoked Turkey Hash
Goetta
A PRAIRIE PANTRY
Fresh Farmhouse Cheese
Home-Churned Butter
Homemade Croutons
Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Oven-Dried Tomato Mayonnaise
Spiced Tomato Catsup
Tomato Chutney
Ground Cherry Preserves
Fresh Horseradish Sauce
Italian Market Garden Relish
Amana Radish Relish
Wild Leek Vinegar
Red and Yellow Peppers in White Wine Vinegar
Icicle Pickles
Polish Garlic Dill Pickles
Brew Pub Pickled Onions
Pickled Beets
Pick a Peck of Peppers Sauce
Heartland Parsley Pesto
Chili Sauce
Brew Pub Mop
Fireworks Rub
Aromatic Herb Rub
Smoky, Spicy Barbecue Sauce
Red Currant Syrup
Midsommersdag Elderberry Syrup
Honeysuckle Syrup
Watermelon Syrup
Peach Leaf Syrup
Preserved Watermelon Rind
Crabapples in Chambourcin
Preserved Pears with Wine, Dried Cherries, and Lemon
Gingered Pear Butter
Plum Butter
Good and Simple Applesauce
Orchard Apple Chutney
Blue Ribbon Mincemeat
Star-Spangled Gooseberry and Elderflower Conserve
Old World Red Currant Jelly
Chokecherry and Buffalo Berry Jelly
Wild Plum Jelly
Door County Cherry Jam
Summer Peach Jam
Honeyed Carrot-Ginger Marmalade
APPETIZERS AND DRINKS
Tarragon Pickled Vegetables
Prairie Sage Potato Crisps
Hickory-Smoked Pecans
Rye Bread Toasts with Acorn Squash and Fried Sage
Quiltmaker's Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Parsley Sauce
Grilled Pepper and Tomato Spread with Two Cheeses
German Caraway Cheese
Prairie Sage Cheese
Hungarian Easter Cheese
Liptauer Cheese
Blue Cheese and Toasted Pecan Spread
Fresh Goat Cheese with Oven-Dried Tomato Conserve
Sorrel, Goat Cheese, and Cream Cheese Tart
Farmstead Cheddar Tartlets
St. Louis-Style Fried Ravioli
Smoked Whitefish Spread
Great Lakes Whitefish Terrine
Chicken Pâté with Goat Cheese and Herbs
Branding Iron Beef
Kansas City-Style Barbecued Brisket Dip
BLT Bites
Prairie Pâté
Herbed Pork Pâté
Sauerkraut Balls
Italian Sausage, Spinach, and Ricotta Toasts
Smoked Sausage and Potato Cakes
Picnic Lemonade
Orange-Mint Thresher's Drink
Prairie Shandy
Swedish Spiced Wine
Mulled White Wine
French Valley Spiced Pear Cordial
Blackberry Cordial
SIMMERING SOUPS
August Corn and Tomato Bisque
Chilled Yellow Tomato Soup with Black Olive Cream
Shaker Fresh Herb Soup
Gingered Carrot and Parsnip Soup
Salsify Soup
Hominy Soup with Crème Fraîche
Wild Mushroom Pot De Bouillon
Polish Wild Mushroom and Potato Soup
Wisconsin Cheddar Beer Soup
Homesteaders' Bean Soup
Milwaukee German Lentil Soup
Swedish Yellow Pea Soup
Spring Greens Borscht
Hearty Sausage and Kale Soup
Italian Sausage and Artichoke Soup
Dip-in-the-Pot Soup
Mock Turtle Soup
Black Hills Bison Chili in a Cornbread Bowl
Russian Mennonite Chicken Noodle Soup
Heartland Smoked Chicken and Corn Chowder
Great Lakes Potato and Whitefish Chowder
B.B.'s Barbecue Gumbo
A SALAD HARVEST
Watercress and Brie Salad
Pear and Pecan Salad with Wheat Beer Vinaigrette
Pear, Blue Cheese, and Toasted Walnut Molds
Smoked Goat Cheese on Field Greens
Wilted Field Greens with Country Ham and Hickory Nuts
Green Bean, Walnut, and Feta Salad
Warm Italian Green Bean Salad
Baby Brussels Sprouts Salad
Red Cabbage, Apple, and Blue Cheese Salad
Lemon-Sweet Cucumbers
Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad
Iowa Pea Salad
Winter Garden Vegetable Salad
Simple Tomato Salad
Firehouse Tomatoes
Teardrop Tomato Salad
Farmhouse Tomato Aspic with Herbed Buttermilk Dressing
Summertime Grilled Succotash Salad
Melting Pot Bean Salad
Dilled Potato Salad
Tri-colored Potato Salad
Parsley Pesto Potato Salad
Strawtown Dutch Lettuce
Great Plains Cracked Wheat Salad
Apple-Carrot Coleslaw
Italian Olive Salad
Smorgasbord Sillsalat
Fly-Over Country Duck or Goose Salad
Spiced Apple Cider Jelly Salad
Raspberries and Red Currants in Honeysuckle Jelly
Honeysuckle Berries
Fresh Parsley Vinaigrette
Mayfair Dressing
Creamy Maytag Blue Cheese Dressing
Golden Lamb Celery Seed Dressing
THE MEAT COURSE
Garlic Ribeye
Grilled Flank Steak Marinated in Beer, Herbs, and Morels
Prairie-Style Hay-Smoked Grilled Steak
Santa Fe Trail Smothered Steak
North Country Pot Roast with Parsnips and Carrots
Vegetable Garden Pot Roast
Smoked and Peppered Beef Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding
New Prague Meatloaf
Boiled Beef with Stampotten
Great Lakes Goulash
German Breslauer Steaks with Egg Noodles
Veal T-Bones with Lemon-Butter Sauce
Herb-Crusted Grilled Loin of Veal
Black Hills Bison Roulades with Wojapi
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Three-Mustard Sauce
Iowa Breaded Pork Tenderloin
Almond-Crusted Roast Pork Loin with Spiced Pear Stuffing
Prize-Winning Barbecued Ribs
Cottage Ham and Green Beans
Amana Pork Schnitzel
Heartland Choucroute Garni
Oma's Sauerkraut with White Beans and Pork
Braised Red Cabbage, Apples, and Sausage
Bratwurst with Caramelized Onion and Apples
Wisconsin Dilly Beer Grilled Brats
Roasted Italian Sausage, Peppers, and Potatoes
Exoduster Stew
Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Thyme and Garlic Cream Sauce
Lamb Braised in Claret
Herb-Roasted Rabbit
CHICKEN AND OTHER BIRDS
Orchard Chicken with Cider and Prunes
Roast Chicken and Potatoes with Lemon, Garlic, and Herbs
Amish Roast Chicken with Tarragon
Comfort Food Chicken and Noodles
Take-to-the-Picnic Fried Chicken
Old-Fashioned Pan-Fried Chicken with Gravy
Church Supper Chicken and Wild Rice Hot Dish
Smoked Herbed Chicken
Grilled Chicken Spiedini with Amogio and Modiga
Chicken with Morels
Spring Chicken
Chicken and Corn Pudding
Grilled Turkey Breast with Peanut Sauce
Herb-Roasted Duckling
High Plains Hunter's Cassoulet
Pheasant Baked with Cream
Apple Orchard Pheasant
Broiled Quail with Red Currant Sauce
Roasted Quail on a Bed of Leeks
FRESH FISH
Rich and Creamy Oyster Stew
Scalloped Oysters
Baked Walleye Pike
Walleye Pike with Fennel and Herbs
Grilled Walleye Pike with Tomato-Basil Sauce
Grilled Catfish with Green Onion-Horseradish Sauce
Brandade with Oven-Dried Tomatoes and Thyme
Christmas Eve Baccala
Plated Perch
Sunflower-Crusted Trout
Shaker Poached Lake Fish with Tarragon Cream Sauce
Fish Schnitzel
Mexican Fish Stew
NOODLES DUMPLINGS AND SAVORY PIES
Homemade Egg Noodles
Fresh Herb Noodles
Rosy Beet Noodles with Poppy Seeds and Brown Butter
Noodles with Chard and Caramelized Onion
Pasta with Cauliflower, Raisins, and Pine Nuts
Baked Macaroni and Cheddar
Pasta with Tomato Sauce Simmered with Pork
Verenicke with Smoked Ham Gravy
Bohemian Spaetzle
Czech Potato Dumplings
Pierogi
Bierocks
Pork Empanadas
Iron Country Pasties
Watercress, Bacon, and Goat Cheese Strudel
Fly-Over Country Duck Strudel
Sour Cream and Onion Kuchen
Wild Mushroom Pot Pies with an Herb Crust
Vegetable Tartlets in Savory Pastry
Potato and Bacon Tourtière
Canadian Prairie Tourtière
Ranchhand's Pie
Shaker Bacon and Egg Pie
Polenta-Crusted Italian Sausage Pies
Lap of Luxury Chicken Pot Pie
Saffron-Crusted Whitefish Pot Pies
Eagle River Venison and Cranberry Deep Dish Pie
COUNTRY SIDES
Golden Poached Apples with Lingonberries
Ragout of Morels and Asparagus
Czech Baked Barley with Mushrooms
Calico Black Beans and Corn
Heirloom Bean Ragout
Smoked Baked Beans
Braised White Beans with Bacon and Pears
Swedish Brown Beans with Pears
Old-Fashioned Ham and Baby Limas
Braised Prairie Greens
Fresh Beet Greens with Lemon and Olive Oil
Braised Green Cabbage
Cabbage and Bacon Boxty Cakes
Baby Carrots with Zesty Lemon Dressing
Golden Carrot Ring
Roasted Corn and Fava Bean Succotash
Grilled Corn and Red Pepper Relish
Scalloped Peaches-and-Cream Corn
Cornhusker Corn Casserole
Coddled Crabapples
Take-to-the-Picnic Deviled Eggs
Gratin of Fresh Fennel
Seasoned Green Beans
Creamed Garden Peas and New Potatoes
Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Twice-Baked Morel-Stuffed Potatoes
Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Swedish Potato Gratin
Blue Cheese Potato Gratin
Roasted Root Vegetables
Parsley-and-Chive Rice
Stuffed Red Peppers with Farmhouse Cheese and Herbs
Salsify with Bacon and Pearl Onions
Spinach Supreme
Yellow Velvet Corn and Squash
Scalloped Summer Squash
Golden Nugget Custard
Swedish Turnip and Carrot Charlotte
Zucchini with Summer Herbs
FROM THE BREADBASKET
Swedish Knackebrod
Buttermilk Bannock
Indian Fry Bread
Potato Lefse
Prairie Sunflower Cornbread
Irish Potato Griddle Scones
Herbed Buttermilk Spoonbread
Norwegian Potato Doughnuts
Featherweight Yeast Rolls
Never-Fail Refrigerator Rolls
Caraway Horns
Wild Rice Stalks
Honey-Wheat Hamburger Buns
Saffron Buns for St. Lucia Day
Sour Cream Cinnamon Rolls
Wheat Country Zwieback
Amish Friendship Starter
Amish Friendship Scones
Golden Buffalo Bread
Buttermilk-Oatmeal Bread
Mennonite Oatmeal-Whole Wheat Bread
Polish Poppy Seed Bread
Sauerkraut Rye Bread
Slavic Potato Bread
Saffron Bread
Blue Cheese Bread
Braided Cheddar-Ale Bread
French Pear Bread
DESSERT AT LAST
Crinkle-Top Spice Cookies
Pepparkakor
Czech Poppy Seed Cookies
Cinnamon Stars
Dutch Butter-Almond Cookies
Sugar Hearts with Almond Icing
Italian Fig Cookies
Thumbprint Cookies
Prairie Moons
Blue Ribbon Brownies
Sour Cream Raisin Bars
Tapioca with Honey-Baked Pears
Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding
Tea Room Prune Whip
Honey Custards with Warm Spiced Berries
Ostkaka
Lemon-Sour Cream Mousse
Fresh Apricot Mooss
Sour Cherry Mooss
Peaches with Peach Leaf Custard Sauce
Summertime Fresh Fruit Cup
Autumn Dried Apple Compote
Festive Fruitcakes
Flaky Pie Crust
Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie
Ste. Genevieve Angel Pie
Shaker Lemon Pie
Lemon-Buttermilk Custard Pie
Hickory Nut Pie
Sugar Pumpkin Pie
Sour Cherry Pie
Juneberry or Black Raspberry Pie
County Fair Caramel Apple Tartlets
German Cheese Tart
Summertime Deep Dish Peach Cobbler
Lemon-Zested Mulberry and Rhubarb Crisp
Schaum Tortes with Strawberry Cream
Pear and Almond Upside-Down Cake
Angel Food Cake with Honeyed Berries
Black Walnut Pound Cake
Lemon Verbena Pound Cake with Lemonade Glaze
Fresh Blackberry Cake Roll
Persimmon Cake Roll
Coffee and Walnut Wedding Torte
Blitz Torte
Black Walnut Applesauce Cake
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake with Boiled Frosting
Wisconsin Cranberry Ice
Blackberry Ice Cream
Gooseberry Ice Cream
Wild Raspberry Ice Cream
Fresh Peach and Peach Leaf Ice Cream
Lemony Rhubarb Crumble Ice Cream
Family Reunion Vanilla Pudding Ice Cream
Decadent Hot Fudge Sauce
Mocha Ice Cream Sandwiches
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