Local chefs inspiration | Joey Ryan and the Inks
The Daniels family, co-founders of the Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., bought land on the south side of Gem Lake in 1929. The property extended east to what is now Gem Lake Golf Course.
October 2012
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Twenty-five years ago, a group of Mahtomedi-area parents and residents made a commitment. Their mission: to enhance educational excellence by supporting the arts in Mahtomedi public schools.
At first glance, the light-pink rambler at 3790 McKnight Rd. in White Bear Lake is a run-of-the-mill dwelling, one of roughly 3,000 nearly 60-year-old ramblers built in the area during the postwar boom era.
It’s not often that a person wears the hats of both mayor and published author. But with the release of her book The Journey’s Middle in June, Willernie Mayor Barb Parent becomes one of those illustrious few.
In 1912, 18 girls gathered in Savannah, Ga., for the very first Girl Scout meeting.
Century College gets into the spine-tingling Halloween spirit with its student-run Fright Walk, a haunted trail filled with creepy characters that are sure to give you a fright.
The roots of the Jacobson family apple orchard go back to 1904, when the first saplings were planted on the shores of Pine Tree Lake, long before city boy Art Jacobson ever set foot on the soil.
In the basement of a 1950s home in White Bear Lake, the five members of Joey Ryan and the Inks are creating songs they hope reverberate across the county.
Chefs, like authors, artists and musicians, often have interesting life stories to tell. Intriguing yarns of when and how they first tapped into their love of food, why they chose cooking as a career and what inspires them to create their unique culinary fare.
