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Cook and Be Happy: Observations from an Ayurvedic Doctor
Almost all ancient traditions have recognized the importance of food for well-being. As an Ayurvedic…
Leaf Kitchen: A Café That Began With Cookies & A Dream
Take a cozy brick-walled space, marinate it in homey, eclectic décor, fold in a warm…
Jubilee Market & Peacemeals: An Extraordinary Farm-to-Table Model in Rural Minnesota
Eight hours a day, six days a week, a red blinking sign tells the world…
Bountiful Bakery: A Busscher Family Affair
Bountiful Bakery is a great place to satisfy your pastry cravings and artisanal baked-goods yearnings.…
A New Thanksgiving Tradition: Local Produce for a Plant-Based Meal
All traditions once began as new ideas, often borne of extreme circumstances and desperate times.…
Cider House 1949: A Room with a View
The founders of one of Fairfield’s most popular hangouts, the Cider House, are returning to…
18th Annual Iowa Organic Conference: Soil Rules!
The organic community is growing, more people are farming organically, and organic farmers are doing…
Addis Ethiopian Cuisine: Authentic Flavors from a Faraway Home
Ethiopian-born Genet Areda has always loved to cook. While studying to be a nursing assistant…
The Wandering Knife: Chef Sóley Thorsteinsdóttir Fires Up a Summer Adventure
Chef Sóley has returned to Fairfield to reopen The Wandering Knife at Second St. Coffee…
Taste of Heirloom Tomatoes: Sunday, Aug. 26 at Plum Grove
Quick quiz: What do Jefferson Giant, Abe Lincoln, Slanders, Woodle Orange, and German Red Strawberry have…
Fish Fraud . . . and How the Blockchain Revolution is Restoring Transparency
If you sit down at a restaurant to eat some wild-caught salmon from Alaska, you’d…
Tour Iowa’s New Multifaceted Farms on the J40 Farm Crawl
If you think Iowa farms are all corn and soybean fields, the J40 Farm Crawl…
Squeaky Cheese Curds Return to Kalona Creamery!
Our Cheesehead neighbors in Wisconsin may be the biggest consumers of cheese curds, but these…
The Garden-Inspired Salads of Summer
At long last, summer has arrived, that wonderful time when we look to our blossoming…