Author Ron Vossler's treasured memories of food, family, and fun

The faces and family images of one German Russian family

Profiles of the cooks featured in Schmeckfest
Theresa Kuntz Bachmeier
Anne Roesch Larson
Sam Brungardt
Edna Goebel Johnson
Maria Wohn Applehans
Jim and Alvina Braun Glatt
Judy Eman Teske and
      Carol Just Halverson
The Lipp family
Vi Kruckenberg Schielke
Jackie Dohn Mass
Betty Vogele Lapp

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About This Program

Sam Brungardt

In Schmeckfest, Sam Brungardt , a native of Ellis County, Kansas now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, shared the wit and wisdom of a practiced baker as he turned out perfect loaves of Pfeffernuesse Brot.

Sam's ancestors come from the Volga region of Russia and Sam has done much research into Volga German and other ethnic German-Russian recipes and cooking traditions. Sam is the editor of Sei Unser Gast: Be Our Guest, the cookbook of the North Star Chapter, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.


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