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These rings of mushrooms or grass can suddenly appear in your lawn. They may look like the work of mythical creatures, but actually spring up from something much more mundane.

“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.” —Roald Dahl

It is hard to escape matcha — whether it is in the menus of local cafés, in the hands of social media influencers, or on recipe blogs. While matcha may seem like a recent discovery, its origins and cultural influence go back centuries.

The pasty once fueled 19th-century miners through grueling shifts underground. Today, they’re a beloved symbol of Yooper pride and unarguably the region’s best-known food.

The fence needed repairing; so did they.