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Missouri Organic Iron Chef
If you think rural Midwestern farmers and their chef counterparts yield mostly down-home comfort food, think again. The Missouri Organic Association hosted an Iron Chef competition. I was fortunate to be asked to serve as ...
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Holy Crap, it's Breakfast
What started as an effort to make an organic cereal taste good wound up a kitschy hit.
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Ice Cubes Monitor Alcohol Intake
An MIT researcher's night of binge drinking inspires colorful, quirky alcohol-monitoring invention.
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TV Anchor Turned Kitchenware Crafter
Career woman and busy parent Joan Lunden couldn't find cookware to streamline her dinner prep--so she designed her own.
Joy Robertson
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Crepes Etc. Wows for Breakfast or Dinner
It’s not every day you wander into a storefront coffee shop for a quick breakfast and enjoy it so much you come back for lunch.
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The Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition is On
One day. Four chefs. Eight desserts. The Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition is on . . . again.
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Wok Next Door
In our constant search for interesting food videos, we’ve run across another gem. This story crosses cultures and generations, and brings much more than just dinner to the table.
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Sipping Chocolate
Shawn Askinosie calls it a "chocolate crush."The chocolatier from Springfield, Missouri had admired both the coffee and business ethics of Chicago’s Intelligentsia Coffee for years. The former criminal defense attorney began turning his ...
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See the World While You Sip!
If you think any time is a good time for a cocktail, you certainly don't want to be limited on what you see while you sip. With The Bulleit Woody you don't have ...
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Welcome to Sweetie Pie's
At Sweetie Pie’s you won’t find a hostess and a menu. What you'll find is homestyle food, a bit of pop music history, and the setting for a show on Oprah's ...
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The Eclipse at the Moonrise Hotel
If the idea of sipping a Judy Jetson martini while munching Little Green Men underneath a glowing moon sends you into orbit, there’s never been a better time to blast off. Join The Food ...