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She may be a Juilliard-trained percussionist, but Molly Yeh found that food prep offered her something music could not – a more fulfilling creative outlet. And that's on display in her new Sunday morning Food Network series "Girl Meets Farm," premiering June 24. From her farmhouse kitchen on the Minnesota/North Dakota border, the New York City transplant walks viewers through the preparation of original comfort food recipes inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage and her Midwest locale. In the series premiere, she shows how to make a truly Midwestern delight, the taco in a bag. "You put all of your favorite taco toppings in a bag of corn chips and then you can walk around eating it," explains Yeh, who is best known for her blog "my name is yeh" and her best-selling cookbook "Molly on the Range." "It's a thing that you eat at parties or at street festivals and stuff. And so I did a version with local fish, with walleye, which is a really delicious local whitefish here. And so those I was making for my sister-in- law's baby shower." Among other dishes she'll be demonstrating are the garlic and onion challah, a dark chocolate scone with marzipan and scallion pancakes. Each of the seven half-hour episodes will have themes such as a girls lunch, a family visit, a farm supper or an anniversary celebration and all will have an emphasis on fun. "It's all food that means something to me," she says, "food that tells a story and food that has been inspired by my heritage or the food that I learned about when I moved to this area that is really just a way to connect with the region and to learn about my new community and to dive deeper into my husband's heritage and the history of the farm and the history of the area. And so these are all dishes that just are really special to me and important to me and that tell those stories." Molly Yeh What book are you currently reading? "I am reading 'Little Fires Everywhere' by Celeste Ng." What did you have for dinner last night? "I had a salad, a green goddess salad with avocado and eggs and bacon and chicken. It was a Cobb salad." What is your next project? "I guess my project is this show but I guess since we already filmed it – no, let's say this show." When was your last vacation, where and why? "I got back from Paris yesterday." BY GEORGE DICKIE Yeh makes comfort food with an ethnic/regional flair on 'Girl Meets Farm' Page 8 June 25 - July 1, 2018 On or Off-Site Catering All Occasions Dine under the glow of gas lanterns Breakfast and Lunch Meals also available Open Tuesday through Saturday PICK UP y o u r c o p y a t : t h e h A R T Your source for arts, entertainment and culture news in Elkhart County 6/30/2018 6/30/2018 6/30/2018 Nobody Knows Our Hometown Better!

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