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Steamworks and El Moro owners plan to cater to locals at Bird’s

New fast-casual chicken-focused restaurant will add curb appeal to north end of town

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Buying, cooking and enjoying plantains – bananas’ more versatile cousins

If your local supermarket is anything like mine, there’s a huge display of bananas. And right next to it, there’s a much smaller shelf devoted to plantains. It’s very easy to be in the fruit...

DATE: Aug 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Got zucchini?

Festival celebrates humble squash

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Farmers Market Profile: Local farmers hope to become local staple of food security

Fields to Plate Produce has doubled in size every year since inception

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Have you ever been fooled by ‘Big Food?’

I still remember a young family that came to me with a gluten-intolerant child. Because the child couldn’t digest gluten, it would make him, very, very sick. They were frustrated ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Watermelon and basil turn water into a party-worthy thirst-quencher

When you want something more flavorful than water to quench your thirst, and you’d like to keep it healthful, on an ordinary day it does the trick to just plop a few sliced berries, citrus w...

DATE: Aug 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Pine River Library to host Zucchini Extravaganza

Fourth annual event features food, contests

DATE: Aug 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Curried corn on the cob is crazy good and made for summer

I’ve long seen many parallels between Indian and Mexican cooking: the layering of complex spices, the love of chiles and beans, the vast diversity of regional cuisines – and plenty of miscon...

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Are 300 recipes enough to counter anti-Muslim sentiment? One author is giving it a try

BEIRUT – Before Syria was devastated by war, its population displaced and ancient cities ruined, Anissa Helou would show visitors a different side to the country. Starting in Damascus, her t...

DATE: Aug 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Learning, growing can all start with healthy snack

It’s shocking that despite all the medical advances over the last century, today’s children are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. A big contributor to...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Yellow Carrot makes a move, opens for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Coffee bar to serve 81301 brew

DATE: Aug 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

The inside scoop from a judge at the chuck wagon cook-off

Olathe sweet corn, Palisade peaches, Bayfield farmers market tomatoes – as a food lover, this is one of my favorite times of year. Another highlight is when the organizers of the ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food