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Fresh/Local
I went to a documentary recently called “Food Fight.” It’s a film about the U.S. food market and how we Americans have moved away from eating fresh and local produce. The film appealed to me ... Read Article >
The Worth of a Recipe
A recipe is defined as a set of directions accompanied by a list of ingredients that describe how to prepare something.Great cooks consider themselves great because they have a deep repertoire of recipes they have either created or mastered. ... Read Article >
A Verbal Herbal
Whether you pronounce “herbs” with a silent H like normal people or make a point of pronouncing it like Martha Stewart, herbs are one of the good things cooks everywhere agree are indispensable. In a way, they are ... Read Article >
Organic:
Organic, local, biodynamic, ethical, free range, natural, grassfed, and GMO free. Confused? You should be. With so many food buzzwords, so many talking heads in the media using them, and a new “Super Cure Everything Diet” coming out ... Read Article >
Point and Eat:
Many readers of this magazine are new to Omaha and looking for a little culinary fun. Maybe you are a recent transplant or are here on business. Or maybe you’re doing the family thing, visiting Aunt Bessie and ... Read Article >
Lobster for the Land-Locked
It can be fairly stated that the lobster has endured many injustices in its culinary history. Originally used as fertilizer by the Native Americans, lobster was first fed en masse to indentured servants against their will in colonial New England. ... Read Article >
Carolina on my Mind
Second Empire is truly one of North Carolina's finest dining experiences. The restaurants setting takes place in an beautiful old Southern Mansion that was most likely built around the turn of the 20th century.The wood floors, chandeliers, and ... Read Article >
The Dumpster:
Recipes used to be simpler: 1. Hit pigeon with rock; 2. Pull off feathers; 3. Hold over fire until inside temperature reaches . . . ow!Our ancestors learned the feather trick after some ... Read Article >
The Art of Baking Casually
I am an eater who loves to cook, not vice versa. But it’s time to ’fess up. I am a lousy baker. You want a rack of ribs? Fresh ravioli with gremolata? A béchamel sauce? ... Read Article >
The Dumpster:
Before the dawn of refrigerators, back when humans made ice cubes by banging chunks of glacier against their foreheads, food storage options for leftovers were simpler. You either 1) ate it, 2) it rotted, or 3) it rotted and you ... Read Article >
The competition is aiming to get fifty schools next year, and be open to a larger variety of students.”
Moriah Johnson “Metro Culinary Competition 2009”
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The Aviation Cocktail
The Aviation Cocktail. The name possesses many of the qualities I love in a good ...
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Taxi's Grille & Bar:
For Food & Spirits Magazine’s quarterly review we hit an Omaha classic at ...
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Omaha Dining
I have lived in Omaha for half a century. And as it turns out, this ...
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FROM THE BLOG
FSM's Interview with Cat Cora
Cat Cora will host The Food Bank's 8th Annual Celebrity Chef Fundraiser on February ...
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Cat Cora to Host The Food Bank’s Celebrity Chef Fundraiser
Of all the organizations in Omaha that touch lives with food, The Food Bank has ...
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Pizza Shoppe to Celebrate 14 Years of Business in Benson with ‘Folk Yeah!’
For those of you that don’t live in Benson, you may not be ...
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