Dinner with Darwin Food, Drink, and Evolution by: Jonathan Silvertown This weeks readings from Dinner with Darwin has made me think about Finns and domestication. Did the Finnish domesticate the rye plant or did the rye plant domesticate them? Since… Continue Reading →
In 1638 the first Finns arrived in America as part of a Swedish colony. Between the 1860s and 1930s the largest Finnish immigration to the United States happened during this time period. This large influx of Finns was know as… Continue Reading →
The Minnesota chocolate cake was a recipe from my Great Grandmother and who knows where she got the recipe from. The recipe originally had a chocolate coffee frosting, but some where down the road that recipe got lost and my… Continue Reading →
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