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On the Cover – dsm May/Jun 2025

On the cover: The people of Yamanashi, Japan, sent a 2,000-pound temple bell to ...

What’s your favorite kitchen gadget?

Jo Christine Miles with a molcajete. Photo: Duane Tinkey When we asked our readers, ...

Iowa State’s Brewing Science Program

Iowa State students experiment with different grains and hops to produce various kinds of ...

Fill ‘er up

Note: Karuba is the name of Kwik Star’s private label coffee. By Emmett McMenamy ...

Editor’s Note: Above and Beyond

Editing the drafts of this magazine is usually a quiet activity. But I actually ...

Urbandale’s ethnic eats

MinGaLaBar on Douglas Avenue serves up traditional Burmese cuisine. Zakaw htamin, the restaurant’s popular ...

More cowbell!

The Downtown Farmers’ Market opened this month with the clang of the cowbell. And ...

May/Jun: Out and About

Traveling Gavel In Iowa’s early days, before each county had its own courthouse, judges ...

#LoveDSM

The air is sweeter and the days are longer, and something about that combination ...

DJ cdisiac cranks up the volume

At a SubtleSound.wav concert last winter at Wooly’s, cdisiac, right, gathered a crowd for ...