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​Grandma’s banana bread

My great-grandma Marion was kind of a badass. She lived all her life in Traill County, N.D., the daughter of H.H. McNair, a Portland, N.D., mayor, and his stoic wife Gabriella, who lost her first husband and two children to...

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​Baking with Grandma W

Eighteen months after her death, my grandmother is still feeding us.Sure, her buttermilk brownies may be a bit past their expiration date, but Grandma Williams’ frozen goodies are still edible after 30 seconds on high in...

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​Keeping the bees

John Gehrke drives truck around the country, hauling lumber, steers, electronics, building materials, hay and almost anything that can ride on a flatbed trailer. Including honeybees. Gehrke said he started hauling bees 25 years...

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