Posts Tagged ‘traditional culture’

Lefse Lessons with Grandma

November 16, 2010 The upcoming holidays, for many, is a time of preparing special, time-honored recipes. Many are family traditions to be passed down from generation to generation. This is one of those dishes that the Sylvester family, of Minnesota, does year after year: making lefse. What is a lefse? Simply put, it’s a “traditional [...]

Memories of a Lebanese Garden (video)

Stories behind the illustrations Linda Sawaya did for a magazine that involved her own family stories, her gardens, food, and love.

Cooking With Love: Alice’s Kitchen (video)

A cookbook author, gardener, and artist? I liked the idea of doing a story on someone with such a rich family history in which food played such a major role.