Minnesota Historical Society Press and Borealis Books

Books by Janet Skeslien Charles, Robert Hicks, Anita Diamant, N. M. Kelby and Rebecca Stott.

Get your augers and rods ready! Aitkin’s annual World Famous Fishhouse Paradeon Friday, November 27, celebrates the coming ice fishing season. The event features wacky and wonderful ice houses displayed ...

Minneapolis / St. Paul News. Mischke show notes Nov. 16, 2009. City Pages news, blogs, music, movies, restaurants and the arts.

It’s deer-hunting season, and Minnesota’s hunters are doing what people have done around here for millennia. This Ojibwe hunter chased his deer on snowshoes in about 1870. Samuel Pond, a missionary ...

Thanks for the good wishes about the new book! I'm excited to get started, and to visit more of outstate Minnesota. So much to see, so much to do! But in the meantime, it's Friday, and it's time to talk...

In 2006, Minneapolis, MN-based Nordic Ware, founded in 1946 by Dave and Dotty Dalquist in their basement, celebrated its 60th anniversary and declared November 15 National Bundt Cake Day.

November marks the season of winter baking and holiday meal planning–food is on our minds these short days. Mark your calendar now for the “Hungry Planet Exhibit: What the World Eats,” ...

Renowned Minnesota playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling will be reading from and discussing his new book Kevin Kling’s Holiday Innat the Minneapolis Central Library on 11/12. The doors open at 6:15, and the show starts at 7:00. And it’s free! Seating is first come, first served.

Damn Good Food is a collection of 157 recipes from Mitch Omer, founder and chef-owner of the wildly popular Hell's Kitchen (Minneapolis and Duluth), named one of the "Best Breakfasts across America" by Esquire magazine.

Move over, Minnesota writers: N.M. Kelby is back in town. Or at least, she’s on her way back. Right now, she and her boxes full of books are probably somewhere between here and her native Florida, where she moved to in 2001 after living in the Twin Cities for 20 years.

“Tis the season of holiday entertaining and cooking. If you’re looking for ideas on how to make your parties and food spectacular this year, check out The Affair,a culinary extravaganza at the Minneapolis Convention Center this weekend. ...