For cheese curds, Waukon dairy leads the whey

  The staff at WW Homestead Dairy’s plant in Waukon makes the company’s popular ...

Peak pickin’

Harvest season is here, and Central Iowa has plenty of places to get in ...

Summer in a bowl: Sweet Corn Gazpacho

  By Mary Jane Miller This version of the iconic summer soup lets sweet ...

The bright side of a bad tomato season

So, what does one do with those less-than-perfect tomatoes that may have cracked due ...

Dine back in time at Living History Farms

Dinner reservations usually start with one decision: where to go. At Living History Farms, ...

Snap up purple hull peas at the farmers’ market

  Purple hull peas can be found this time of year at farmers markets. ...

The time is ripe for hardneck garlic

Here in the Midwest, we grow hardneck garlic — Allium sativum, to be exact. ...

EVOO-lution

  Bespoke olive oils are having a moment right now. Devotees are expounding on ...

Fruit pursuit: The elusive pawpaw

I want to taste a pawpaw. For years I’ve heard about this mysterious Midwestern ...