Posts under ‘Iowa’

The latest issue of Edible Iowa River Valley has, in fact, hit the streets, featuring a cover story on Iowa-made ice cream written by yours truly. I saw a stack of copies through the window of Devotay when I walked by yesterday afternoon, but you can also find one at a number of other spots [...]

So, on Sunday morning, over my locally-grown cantaloupe and locally-laid eggs, I took a gander through the 2007 Iowa State Fair supplement in the newspaper to see what my friends and I will have to look forward to when we attend on Saturday. And while I am certainly all fired up for the Harry Potter [...]

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“I’m amazed at how Midwestern you’ve become,” one of my friends, a friend who reads the blog occasionally, remarked not that long ago. “I would have never have expected you to be like that when you moved from D.C.” I still fight strongly for my East Coast sensibilities…I will defend my non-Midwestern status to the [...]

Most of the time I take pictures of garden stuff. But sometimes, when there are three giant inflatable eyeballs running on the Veterans Stadium Field in Cedar Rapids, I take pictures of that. Because, really, who wouldn’t? So, welcome, folks who are making their way here from Deadspin. Feel free to stop in and stay [...]

It’s not like I’ve never visited a farm before, but I definitely learned some new things on Sunday’s Acoustic Farms visit. Here are the highlights: Always doublecheck to be sure the camera is packed. There are kittens and chickens and pigs to photograph. Not to mention farm-like plants. Whereas other seeds look like seeds, asparagus [...]

Yesterday, The Mint Killer and her family and I headed out together to Acoustic Farms, the home of Farmer Mark and his lovely wife Barbara, who provide us with fabulous veggies as part of our community-supported agriculture (CSA) share. Mark and Barbara invited us up for homemade sausage gravy and biscuits, with the caveat that they were [...]

The latest issue of Edible Iowa River Valley has hit the streets in Eastern Iowa. If you get your hands on a copy, you can check out my article, “To market, two markets: A conversation with the Market Masters of the Washington and Des Moines farmer’s markets.” The issue includes other great articles on everything [...]

Click here for part one of this story. My first hint that “Starting Plants From Seed is Wonderfully Fulfilling” would be of no help was that it came out of Hollister, California. California. Land of fruits and vegetables and the Pacific Ocean and 90210. Granted, Hollister is not Beverly Hills, but the high temperature forecast [...]

Last week, I received my copy of the second issue of Edible Iowa River Valley, a terrific magazine that shines a light on the great locally sourced food products available here in Iowa. It is free, and available at a number of locations around the state. The quarterly magazine launched in October 2006, and if [...]