HELSINKI, Finland -- Visiting Helsinki for the fifth time in a dozen years, I happily rediscover the rye breads with polysyllabic names I can't pronounce, but which over the years I've come to love.

*Reprinted with permission from the University of Minnesota Press from Homemade: Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food by ...

Among the some 2,000 cookbooks that I donated to the University of Minnesota Library before we moved was a Finnish book, “Pula Ajan Ruoka” which translates to “Food for Hard Times.” It has struck me ...

While the idea of a freshly baked loaf of bread — or really anything that emerges from a burning oven — isn’t overtly appealing in the middle of a heat wave, Finnish ruis bread provides an unlikely ...

HELSINKI, Finland - Visiting Helsinki for the fifth time in a dozen years, I happily rediscover the rye breads with polysyllabic names I can't pronounce, but which over the years I've come to love. As ...