Oma’s Stollen
Emily E. Walenta Emily E. Walenta

Oma’s Stollen

Growing up the job of cooking and creating meals was very much my mom’s, and baking was my dad’s. I know my sisters and I are very lucky and I love my folks, but sometimes (and I hate to admit this) I am just like my dad.

Read More
Rolf's Pork Store
Experiential Kyle Hughes Experiential Kyle Hughes

Rolf's Pork Store

Germans were everywhere in Albany. There were German bakeries, saloons, churches, markets, and farms growing cabbages. German language newspapers, German singing societies and social clubs, and even a German gun club. All of that is gone now, forgotten or Anglicized. But one piece of old German-Albany lives.

Read More