Saveur11 min readSqueaky Cheese & Saunas in the Midwest’s “Finnish Triangle”
I’m in the middle of the area known locally as “the Finnish Triangle,” sampling a highly unusual yogurt whose active culture arrived here 100-some years ago on a sun-dried rag. Every surface in Miriam Yliniemi’s bright kitchen is covered with a bowl
Take a peak into the lives of those living in the “Finnish Triangle” in the US. Tradition lives on here, and they recognize that “the beauty of the North lives in its contradictory extremes: searing sunlight, insulating snowbanks against the house, air so cold it burns your cheeks.”
