RAPID CITY - If you're a young bride living with your German-Russian in-laws in Eureka, sooner or later you're going to learn to make kuchen. The traditional dessert made from sweet dough, custard and ...

Jud, N.D. - When Mary Kalmbach was growing up in southcentral North Dakota, she enjoyed eating her grandmother's kuchen. Now Kalmbach is carrying on the family tradition at Mary's Bake Shoppe here.

In the middle of this deserted town, a Dutch woman is hard at work making thousands of German desserts. Off the beaten path in south-central North Dakota, Lois Vander Wal and a few assistants spend ...