In September, in honor of the annual Midwest Cornish Festival we are sharing Cornish recipes contributed by friends, fans and family members. These are caraway seed biscuits, found in the Cornish recipes from the 1950s, “’Homemaker’s Club’ Cookbook.’” Recipe written...
In September, in honor of the annual Midwest Cornish Festival we are sharing Cornish recipes contributed by friends, fans and family members. Enjoy this recipe submitted by Judy Vivian. Note: The 2018 Cornish Fest begins September 28th In Mineral Point, Wisconsin....
“Catherine watched intently as the train pulled into the station – whistle blowing, drive wheels screeching, bell clanging. ‘Why can’t the train stop and let Gusta out at our farm?’ she said. ‘The track runs within fifty yards of our house.’” – Bittersweet Harvest...
Downtown Mineral Point, Wisconsin, holds a special place in my thoughts and memories. In my O’Shaughnessy Chronicles novels, Mineral Point is fictionalized as Ashley Springs. “Ashley Springs’ main business district, High Street, ran uphill a half mile from...
“Sharon, who was now twenty-one years old, had completed her teaching preparation and would now go to Ed Meadow’s farm home near Logan Junction, where she had taken a teaching position just outside of town.” – Bittersweet Harvest The story of my cousin’s...
“Consistent with Cornish Custom every one had to exchange a piece of saffron cake as each piece meant another happy year of life.” –From High on the Bluff Every culture has its holiday traditions. Cornish households, wrote Cassell’s Family Magazine in 1890, “make a...
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When a sibling unexpectedly inherits his grandfather’s dairy farm, Will O’Shaughnessy turns to selling Fords in rural, pre-World War I southwestern Wisconsin.
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