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Rick K. Jones explores North Dakota's story—from Native communities and French fur traders to homesteading, railroads, and statehood—through the people, landscapes, and foods that shaped the state. Discover how German-Russian and Scandinavian settlers influenced North Dakota's food traditions. The episode serves up a tempting tour of lefse, kuchen, Norwegian krumkake, hot dish, cheese buttons, walleye, Juneberry and strawberry-rhubarb pies, and chippers—chocolate-covered potato chips. Rick also shares where to try local favorites, from scratch-made lefse in Fargo to bison dishes in Bismarck and Medora.