by Mary Tastad | Dec 23, 2022 | baking, cafe, Christmas, cooking, Culture, Dickinson, Fairfield, Food, Foodie, Quality of Life, Ukrainian
Twelve Course Ukrainian Christmas Christmas in the Beautiful Badlands brings friends and families together. Traditions are demonstrated in the most intense way of the entire year. Western North Dakota and eastern Montana are resplendent with many cultures. Among...
by Mary Tastad | Nov 22, 2022 | Agriculture, Christmas, cookbooks, cooking, Culture, Food, Foodie, gardens, History, McKenzie County, MHA Nation, Native American, North Dakota, North Dakota history, recipes, Thanksgiving
Native American Foods You’ll Love The Holiday Season is filled with traditions, especially food traditions. You’ll love these Traditional Native American Recipes, including some common in the Beautiful Badlands and Grasslands of North Dakota! Bison ...
by Mike Kopp | Jun 4, 2022 | cooking, Food, Foodie, grill, McKenzie County, Places to go, Quality of Life, Watford City
We hit the jackpot at our first terrific food truck rodeo The movable food truck rodeo shows up in different North Dakota cities almost every weekend. The food trucks are from all over the state, and they converge at each food truck rodeo to serve up a gastronomical...
by Mary Tastad | Mar 8, 2022 | Art, Belfield, cooking, Dickinson, Fairfield, History, North Dakota, Ukrainian
Pysanky. The Most Beautiful Eggs in the World! Pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs (Pysanka is the singular form), are renowned around the world. They are an iconic image which heralds spring. The decorative eggs date back to early Slavic cultures, perhaps even...
by Mike Kopp | Feb 13, 2022 | cooking, grill, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors
Cast Iron Campfire Cooking I was talking the other day with a friend of mine, and he made the point that you can cook just about anything in cast iron. Yeah, I spose that’s true. I haven’t cooked everything in cast iron, so I don’t’ know. But this summer, we’re...
by Mary Tastad | Dec 21, 2021 | Christmas, cookbooks, cooking, Culture, Food, North Dakota, Norwegian, recipes, Tasty Tuesday
Gløgg! Raise a Glass to the New Year! Gløgg may be a way to cope with the long, cold, dark winter months in Scandinavia. It might be a way to do just the same in frigid western North Dakota, when daylight hours are less than dark hours in mid winter. Whether made...
