In Winter's Kitchen: Growing roots and breaking bread in the Northern Heartland Salish (Séliš) Meeting her biological family in

Meeting her biological family in her early thirties generated even more questions

"This is the novel I've been waiting for

The text is illustrated with many drawings and maps

they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision

was published by Michigan State University Press

In Winter's Kitchen: Growing roots and breaking bread in the Northern Heartland Salish (Séliš) Meeting her biological family inBeth Dooley arrived in Minnesota from her native New Jersey with preconceptions about the Midwestern food scene. Having learned to cook in her grandmothers kitchen, shopping at farm stands, and making preserves, she couldnt help but wonder, Do people here really eat swampy broccoli, iceberg lettuce, and fried chicken for lunch everyday? These assumptions quickly faded as she began to explore farmers markets and the burgeoning co op scene in the Twin