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Arrival Of A New Toy
This past week, we took delivery of a much anticipated piece of machinery in our factory that will help our supply chain become even more streamlined in the months ahead. This giant piece of equipment, called a “vibe deburring” machine, eliminates the need to send our raw products outside of the company for an intermediate […]
Read more about Arrival Of A New ToySummer Berry Love
We just finished the last of the season’s strawberry crop from the Nordic Ware community garden. Eating a fresh home grown strawberry just picked and still warm from the sun reminds me that’s what a strawberry is meant to taste like. Grocery stores offers gigantic, perfectly shaped strawberries that are beautiful to look at but […]
Read more about Summer Berry LoveAccidental Success
A group of soldiers’ wives from a nearby US Army base arrived at the restaurant after it had closed for the day. Not wanting to turn them away, Ignacio quickly improvised a snack using whatever he had available in the kitchen (tortillas, cheese & jalapeno peppers). He cut up the tortillas, covered them with cheese […]
Read more about Accidental SuccessStars, Stripes…and swimming!
Summer in Minnesota is amazing…and way too short in my opinion! I sometimes wish Minnesota was just a bit further south, so we could have just one (or maybe three) more months of summer. I would fill those summer days with swimming, playing outside, BBQs with friends and basking in the warmth of the sun! […]
Read more about Stars, Stripes…and swimming!New Scenic Café – Duluth, MN
Many kids have the opportunity to grow up in exotic places around the world. I got to grow up in Duluth, Minnesota. Growing up I thought that I got a bad shake in life having to grow up in this town that seemed so small and so basic. It took me moving away to college […]
Read more about New Scenic Café – Duluth, MNGardening Season has started at Nordic Ware
Everyone is just beginning to emerge here in Minnesota from what has been a very rough winter for people and plants alike. But the time has finally come where we are ready to open the gates to our Community Gardens and start planting the seeds to another successful harvest. This year marks the fourth season […]
Read more about Gardening Season has started at Nordic WareReminiscing about Rhubarb
It always makes me so happy after a long winter to see little green nubbins of rhubarb leaves poking up through the soil in my garden. My hardy little rhubarb plant can always be counted on to spring to life before any other plants or bulbs have sprouted. I’ve learned that rhubarb is one of […]
Read more about Reminiscing about RhubarbA New Take on Wedding Cake
My daughter is being married this September and she has her heart set on a multi-tiered, multi-flavored, gluten-free, Bundt-shaped cake. There are a lot of challenges and hyphens in that request. I first reacted by trying to talk her into something else, but she was persistent so I finally gave in and said, “Okay, […]
Read more about A New Take on Wedding CakeDark mystery inside your oven
I’ve always had a natural curiosity in trying to figure out how things work. I think this keeps life interesting, and I try to foster this same curiosity with my two sons. However, like most people, there are plenty of times where I just go with a given answer or description without giving it […]
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