Media Release
March 22, 2002

New German-Russian Foods Videotape Available

The Germans from Russia Cultural Preservation Foundation and the NDSU Libraries, Fargo, has produced a new documentary videotape, "Recipes from Grandma's Kitchen, Volume 1: Germans from Russia Food Preparation and Traditions".

Traditional foods, savory recipes, and folk memories are important in the history and culture of the Germans from Russia community. "Recipes from Grandma's Kitchen" provides step-by-step detailed cooking and ingredients. There are vignettes of culinary memories that feed the soul and warm the heart.

Visit the kitchens and reminisce with: Millie Doll Hauck, Richardton, ND preparing Pheasant Paprikash Soup and dessert Strudel; Alma Janke Schott, Gackle, ND preparing Christmas Tea Ring; Bernadine Lang Kuhn, Owatonna, MN making Dessert Kuchen Erica Lang Wangler, Bismarck, ND cooking Schupfnoodla with Chicken; and Helen Gefroh Fischer, Hague, ND preparing Strudel with Chicken.

For more information about the Germans from Russia, cookbooks, and recipes visit: library.ndsu.edu/grhc

To order "Grandma's Kitchen" videotape, send $19.95 for each volume plus postage and handling ($4 for shipping in the U.S. for each videotape). Check or money order payable to NDSU Library. Mail to: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, Grandma's Kitchen Videotape, NDSU Libraries, PO Box 5599, Fargo, ND 58105-5599. To order via the website, go to: library.ndsu.edu/grhc/order/tapes/gmaskitchen.html.