Cooking for friends or family who are sick or are grieving the death of a loved one is probably a familiar act to a lot of us. I think many people who live around here in our rural communities can relate. It’s one of those things that is unique to small-town life. Over the years, I’ve delivered food many times …
Tomorrow is the deadline for people to apply to become the next chancellor of the North Dakota Higher Education system. Given the chaos that exists in the state’s higher education system right now, I’ll almost be surprised if anyone applies. I said almost. Because anyone who does apply will surely be well-educated and reasonably intelligent, and so even though they …
One thing was for sure when I was growing up: We could always count on having a noodle hotdish at least once a week, whether it was at home or for school hot lunch. And a lot of people I know share the same experience. The reasoning was twofold: It was inexpensive and you were able to put one together in a hurry, …
The incredible display of Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, on Tuesday night was caused by a severe geomagnetic — or “solar” — storm, which hit the Earth, producing gorgeous auroras and sparking concerns about power disruptions. The storm, which hit the Earth at around 9 a.m., is a “G4” on the five-point scale, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Spaceweather.com reports …
An idea to eliminate pro sports stadium wars For 30 years, the owners of the Professional Sports Cult have screwed the public with a subsidy bill of $17 billion. Sports loyalty, at least in Minnesota, is a one-way street. Pay the bill and watch marginal teams lose. Ahhh. But now, there’s hope for taxpayers down the road, just not in …
Corned beef and cabbage undoubtedly will be on the menu at many Irish-American homes on St. Patrick’s Day, as well as on the menu of many restaurants throughout the U.S. But if you were to go to Ireland, hardly any of the people there will be eating it. That’s because corned beef and cabbage is more of an American tradition. …
I ran across this monument the other day while driving near Rolla, North Dakota. FOUNDERS WE DEDICATE THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE FINNISH PIONEERS WHO CAME HERE IN 1896 AND AFTER. THEY TILLED THIS SOIL WITH OXEN AND HORSES AND LIVED IN HOUSES OF EARTH SOD. THROUGH THEIR EARLY EFFORTS WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR PRESENT LIVING STANDARD. NORTH …
Just say no? From Nancy Reagan to North Dakota, that pointless advice has fogged up every debate about marijuana’s legal status from the Jazz Age to the hippie era … right up to this week, when a legislative committee snuffed out a resolution that dared to even bring it up. Yet a rising chorus of voices questions why it ever …
Denny Anderson was among the first to befriend me when I was the new kid in school in eighth grade, and he was like a brother to me through high school and college. Denny and I were roommates in the little town in western North Dakota where I took my first newspaper job. Then, as so often happens, we went our separate ways. I …
UND’s men’s hockey team defeated Colorado College 5-1 in Game One of a best-of-three quarterfinal series in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference tournament Friday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. Game Two is tonight at 7:07.
What’s the most popular day of the year to make a pie? If you guessed today, March 14, I don’t know if you’d be right, but for sure, it would rank right up there with the day before holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. That’s because March 14 is known as Pi Day in mathematical circles, and it has …
So called tech journalists gathered in San Francisco on Monday to breathlessly wait in awe for Apple CEO Tim Cook to announce details about the oh-so-cool, gotta-have-one “wearable device. It’s a well-known fact that these reporters follow Cook around like puppies following their mother. Meanwhile social media outlets vomited up-to-the second developments — Live Streaming! — from the Apple Special …
It looks like spring has sprung in northern Virginia. These crocuses showed themselves Friday at Downtown Del Ray, Alexandria, Va.
Oil rig activity plunges on the Bakken A top state official says North Dakota could lose as many as 4,000 oil field jobs as production plunges towards 1 million barrels per day, the lowest level since February 2009. The rig count — 193 a year ago — could drop to 100 this year. http://www.startribune.com/business/296155211.html Big oil’s business model is broken Michael Klare …
I met Fred Rogers in the fall of 1995, when I profiled the host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I quickly accepted his surprising invitation to friendship. It was three years later, on one of my trips to see Fred at his home in Pittsburgh, that I found a copy of Esquire magazine on a coffee table in his …
Fried or braised cabbage is a popular dish in many parts of Europe, particularly in the countries of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Often, it is served with meat and potatoes. I’ve always been a big fan of cooked cabbage, no matter if it’s just steamed and smothered with butter, as my old friend Marsha Gunderson prefers, in a …
Once again this year, we’ll be hosting Raise Your Paws For Pets. It’s always a lot of fun. Hope you’ll be able to join us. For information: (701) 775-3732.
Growing up in the small northwestern Minnesota town of Crookston, I didn’t have very much interaction with minorities. In sixth grade, the only year I attended public school, Angela Mendez was in my class. I knew her older brother, Ruben, and a younger brother, Vincent. When I was in high school, one of my friends was Andy Villegas. Both the …
“Write a bio to put up on the site,” Jeff Tiedeman texted. Geez, you want me to write who I am, a photojournalist of more than 50 years, in one paragraph? Sure. It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t immediately have the thought that it’s like writing my own obit. I’ve written a few hundred of those starting at …
Why are sandwiches so popular? There are a lot of reasons. Perhaps the biggest one is the sheer number of ingredients that can be placed between two slices of bread or on a bun and be eaten anytime. In the morning, for example, a person can feast on a fried egg with bacon on two pieces of toast. Or one with tuna …
The UND women’s hockey team’s season ended Saturday with a heartbreaking 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Faceoff seminfinals in Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND, which ended its season with a 22-12-3 record, was mathematically eliminated from an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers, 28-6-4, scored a 4-0 win over Bemidji State (21-17-10) in today’s championship game.
There was a time — back in the 1950s and ’60s — when Sunday dinner was the most special meal of the week. It most often featured a nice roast or chicken, along with potatoes, a vegetable and always a tasty dessert. When I was a kid, we could always look forward to a wonderful meal on Sunday. They were a …
Bemidji State’s women’s hockey team (21-16-10) upset No. 1-ranked University of Minnesota (31-3-4) 1-0 in the semifinals of the WCHA Final Faceoff on Saturday in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Beavers meet the University of Wisconsin (27-6-4) in the championship game today. The Badgers defeated the University of North Dakota (22-12-3) to advance to the title game.
The UND women’s hockey team’s season ended Saturday with a heartbreaking 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Faceoff seminfinals in Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND, which ended its season with a 22-12-3 record, was mathematically eliminated from an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers, 27-6-4, play Bemidji State (21-16-10) — a 1-0 winner earlier Saturday against the University …
It’s nice to have a go-to dish, one that you’ve fixed many, many times and probably could make in your sleep, especially if you’re hosting a family get-together or a party for a group of which you are a member. I have one. It’s sloppy Joes, or barbecues as we like to call them at our house. Actually, that’s what I’ve been calling …
I listen to Frank Sinatra’s voice almost every day of my life, mostly in my car. I don’t know what would happen to be if I didn’t. I’ve been a Sinatra fan since I was a teenager. Like great classical music, I can listen to his music over and over again and hear something new in it almost every time. …
It doesn’t matter how much snow is on the ground in northern Virginia because when these guys show up and start singing — and courting the ladies — spring is not too far behind.
Boeuf bourguignon is one of my favorite dishes in the world. This French stew was the first recipe (pilot) on the cooking show, “The French Chef,” starring the great Julia Child. Julia was incredibly informative as she explained the procedures of each recipe. The show, which was partly done in black and white, didn’t bring justice to the beautiful color …
Remember the Sony Pictures hacking scandal a few weeks back? Hackers released a ton of confidential data belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment, including personal information about Sony employees, their salaries and whatnot. It provided a glimpse of who was doing what to whom in Hollywood. It embarrassed countless show business talent and executive-types and provided a lot of fun …
Rock concerts, once my reason for living, seldom tempt me anymore. But when one comes along that features the entire soundtrack of your life, there’s no excuse not to show up and marinate in music. And when the headliner is also featured on this month’s edition of the grown-up version of Tiger Beat — AARP Magazine — well, the lure …
Have you ever had the lyrics of a song rolling around inside your head that you just can’t get rid of, no matter what you do? I think just about everyone of us has experienced that. I remember years ago, a co-worker of mine, Andy Braford, used to get absolutely flustered when another colleague of ours would sing or recite the lines …
Anyone who hunts and also is handy around the kitchen knows that most of the game that can be taken in the field is interchangeable recipe-wise with meat that is raised domestically. And those who are familiar with me aren’t too surprised by the number of entrees I’ve prepared over the years that feature wild game. The total probably vastly exceeds any of those that makes use …
The Minnesota State Boys High School Hockey Tournament kicks off today with East Grand Forks Senior High featured in the first game. That’s the good news for northern Minnesota viewers. The bad news is the tournament is sponsored by PolyMet Mining Corp., and JT Haines of the Newspeak Review online site says that’s wrong. Newspeak is asking viewers and fans …
Sometimes, it’s difficult to find recipes that are easy and tasty as well as economical. But there’s one that is probably familiar to a lot of people who grew up in the 1950s and ’60s — meatloaf. I don’t know too many people who don’t have fond memories of their mom’s meatloaf. And if you’re like me, you can add the meatloaf …
Today, Unheralded.fish adds a main ingredient to the site’s food content. Justin Welsh practices what he preaches. Welsh, you see, is a professional chef. A native of Grand Forks, Welsh has been working in kitchens for 20 years. In 2004, he attended school at Western Culinary Institute, a Le Cordon Bleu program in Portland, the largest city in one of …
I’ve known Harley Stahlecker and his wife, Peggy, pretty much my whole life. Harley was a legendary teacher, coach and referee in the little town where I grew up, Crookston, Minn. Peggy was the mother of the Stahlecker boys, who in the 1970s and ’80s were teammates of the Madigan boys in hockey and baseball. It was a happy time …
The sun melts ice covering the leaves on a magnolia tree this morning in the neighborhood of Del Ray in Alexandria, Va.
UND (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) wore its black jerseys Saturday for only the third time in Ralph Engelstad Arena, and that was all the jump needed to go on to defeat St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of a full house of more than 12,000 fans. UND clinched a share of …
There aren’t too many people who like overripe bananas. But of those who do, most of them prefer to use theirs in banana bread. I’m probably one of the few who don’t mind eating a banana that’s turned brown. In fact, I kind of like the taste of an overripe banana. And I like banana bread just as much or even …
A slow climb into the 30s by week’s end Meteorologist Paul Huttner says people in the North only have one or two more corners to turn before temps rise and mosquitoes and ticks think about hatching, assuming moisture conditions will allow that to happen. I’m still concerned about the potential for growing drought this spring if the usually reliable spring …
It was Senior Night as UND men’s basketball team (4-13 in Big Sky, 8-20 overall) took on Southern Utah (6-10 in Big Sky, 9-18 overall) in Big Sky Conference action Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, N.D. UND fell 71-65 to the Thunderbirds.
It took UND women’s hockey team (22-11-3) nearly six periods of hockey to defeat Ohio State (17-16-30) 2-1 in triple overtime Saturday in Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. UND moves on to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five at REA next weekend.
Seniors on UND men’s hockey team (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) went out in style Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., defeating St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of more than 12,000 fans to clinch a sweep of the weekend series and a share of …
Seniors on UND men’s hockey team (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) went out in style Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., defeating St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of more than 12,000 fans to clinch a sweep of the weekend series and a share of …