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Grandma’s farm dinners taught cook to feed a crowd

By Laura Handke
Jun 22, 2023
Jun 22, 2023

Julie Jamvold owns cookbooks that go back several generations in her Norwegian and German family.
Photos by Laura Handke

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By Laura Handke

EVEREST, Kan. — For Julie Jamvold, few thoughts of her childhood on the family farm don’t involve food. The sweet aromas coming from her own kitchen often take her back to summer afternoons in the hay field, cool fall evenings in a corn field and Sunday afternoons filled with family.

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