Lost Italian: Torta strikes perfect note for opera benefit dessert

Every June for the past eight years, Tony and I have hosted the Sarello’s Dinner for the Opera, an evening of music, food, wine and friendship to benefit the Fargo-Moorhead Opera.

• Tortal al Vino Rosso

Benshoof: Hitting the worldly cities of North Dakota

Vacations are great, but they can also have their downsides. The challenge of planning a vacation, coupled with the cost of airfare and hotel rooms, can quickly put a damper on the fun.

• Sam Benshoof

Leier: Future of fishing is tough to predict

West Fargo - Recently, a friend asked me how I see fishing in the future. Since my approach to fishing probably fits more in 1983 than 2013, and for sure what fishing may be like in 2033, I really struggled to envision the way fishing would look years from now.

• Doug Leier

Lind: USPS honored paperboys in 1952 with 3-cent stamp

Years ago, The Forum – and other newspapers – was delivered only by paperboys.

• 3-cent stamp
• Bob Lind

Parenting Perspectives: ‘Roughing it’ looks different for every family

“How about a dessert menu?” the kind waitress asked. The seven of us were just finishing our dinner at the Douglas Inn Lodge at Itasca State Park.

• Roxane B. Salonen

Areavoices: 'Everyday Gourmet' serves up Crispy Smashed Horseradish and Blue Cheese Red Potatoes

Warning, you will want to make a lot of these, because you won’t be able to stop at just one. These Crispy Smashed Horesradish and Blue Cheese Red Potatoes are fun for the kids to help with too, because what little one doesn’t like the idea of smashing food?

• Crispy Smashed Horseradish and Blue Cheese Red Potatoes

Omdahl: Thus far, it’s not sticking

Help wanted, desperately.

• Lloyd Omdahl

Style Profile: Avant-garde style for student

FARGO – Lucas Swanson is from North Dakota, but his fashion sense is global.

• Anna Larson
• Lucas Swanson

Eriksmoen: Towns, regions came together when the circus came to ND

For 130 years, the circus has provided entertainment for the residents of North Dakota.

• Stone replica of shattered tent pole
• Curtis Eriksmoen

Zaleski: Book traces magical ND music story

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - It’s hard to fathom in today’s entertainment culture of faux celebrity that at the end of the 19th century a German-born piano virtuoso was a superstar in the United States.

• Jack Zaleski

Ahlin: History is clear: Leaks are the American way

A cartoon by Joe Heller called “Cellphone Contract” shows a cellphone salesman telling a family, “That phone comes with a two-year contract and a lifetime of warrantless scrutiny.”

• Jane Ahlin

Bender: At 55, time is icy-swift, relentless

My father died 20 years ago, a month after his 55th birthday, and two weeks before Father’s Day. I looked in the mirror this morning, and I was almost 55. At the cusp of a personal milestone, it is time for reflection.

Coming Home: Discovering history, past and future

I stood at the top of the Badlands, the morning sun bright and warm on my skin, the breeze keeping the sweat from my face and the face of the students sitting at picnic tables, munching on Marcia’s homemade scotcharoos.

• Jessie Veeder

Minding Our Elders: Learning more about Dad

Dear Readers: This year, thinking about Father’s Day reminded me of a short trip I took with a friend last summer. Two places we visited were my parents’ childhood homes. I have many happy memories of my maternal grandparents’ home because my family visited often when I was young and we spent most holidays there. However, my dad’s childhood home was different, since by the time I was born the house had new owners and I’d never seen the interior.

• Carol Bradley Bursack

Lind: ND man’s poem pays tribute to father’s ‘big shoes’

Lawrence Munson left big shoes for his son to fill.

• Lawrence Munson
• Larry Munson
• Bob Lind