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Learning to Love Lady Potluck

Learning to Love Lady Potluck

When an East Coast chef meets a Midwestern get together...

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Jun 25, 2024
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A spread of rye bread, smoked fish, crayfish, shrimp salad and salami on a table.
This was my spread before guests arrived. Instagrammable, no?

No one potlucks like Midwesterners.

A whole culture surrounds this practice, which, while not unknown in the rest of the country, is definitely less pronounced and less codified outside the Midwest. I still have a lot to learn about the intricacies of Midwestern potlucking — and even with wha…

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