By Sandra Hume on April 8, 2010
A New York Times food writer discovers the delicacies inherent within Big Woods hog butchering.
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Posted in Cooking, Laura’s Legacy, Little House in the Big Woods

By Wendy McClure on January 26, 2010
That’s right, an OCTOBER BLIZZARD. But don’t worry, there are beans and tea.
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Posted in Cooking, The Long Winter

By Wendy McClure on January 22, 2010
This chapter is also known as “The One With The Green Pumpkin Pie.” Frost, schmost! Ma knows what to do!
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Posted in Cooking, The Long Winter
By Amy Lauters on October 5, 2009
I went hiking this weekend along the Sakatah Singing Hills Trail in southern Minnesota, enjoying the crisp fall air and the changing colors. The Sakatah Trail follows an old railroad bed that led from west to east, beginning and ending in Mankato and Faribault, Minn.
The section of the trail I hiked with the Man of
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Posted in Cooking, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Playing Laura
By Amy Lauters on August 3, 2009
One of the key questions I had about The First Four Years had nothing to do with the plot, the relationships, or Laura.
It had to do with pie plant.
You may remember the scene: Laura was cooking for the threshers, the first dinner in her very own little house, and was running through the menu: “There
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Posted in Cooking, Playing Laura, The First Four Years | Tagged Amy
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