Tag: kurt friese
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December 27, 2009 01:40 PM EST --
It used to be simple. You’d hear “Beef: It’s what’s for dinner ® ” and you’d grab a steak or some burger or a roast, cook it and eat it. No questions, no fuss. . . .
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August 12, 2008 05:03 PM EDT --
Howdy all,
I've been writing my weekly wine column for nearly 5 years now. It's been a joy, and I'm not stopping anytime soon, but I am broadening the repertoire just a tad. . . .
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December 25, 2009 10:38 AM EST --
This holiday brings family and friends together like very few others. Thanksgiving and Passover do as well perhaps, but that's about all (with which I am familiar) that has the ability to strengthen . . .
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February 03, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
Voluptuous.
Intriguing.
Seductive.
Silky.
Sexy.
That’s what you want from your wine, your dessert, and your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. A great way to set that mood . . .
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February 26, 2007 09:59 AM EST --
Cooking Class
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Building the Perfect Meatloaf
When made well, it is the quintessential taste of home, an edible reminiscence of grandma’s arms on a chilled winter night. . . .
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March 17, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
Cooking Class
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
The Secret to Mashed Potatoes
That meatloaf we discussed here last time would not be complete without mashed potatoes. Now I’m not talking about those . . .
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April 04, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
This time of year, in small family farms all over Iowa, the new lambs are beginning to arrive. It’s a stressful time for farmers – it keeps them up until all hours of the night at a . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
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June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . .
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July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . .
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September 24, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
September in Iowa always brings the same delicious dilemma -- what to do with all that basil.
Few herbs are as surrounded by mythology and folklore as basil. Its origins are debated, but most seem . . .
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November 01, 2008 10:55 AM EDT --
Recently, the American public was issued a challenge by the folks at KFC (formerly "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but "fried" just didn't sound healthy ). The fast-food joint argues . . .
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December 14, 2008 11:21 AM EST --
This is the holiday season in just about every culture. I was born and raised a Unitarian Universalist , thus of the Judeo-Christian background, so in my house it's Christmastime. For some folks, . . .
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July 29, 2009 03:39 PM EDT --
In 1946, when President Truman signed the School Lunch Act, he said, “In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children, or more prosperous than its farmers.” If that was a statement . . .
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April 01, 2009 11:44 AM EDT --
There is a hidden tribe that exists in the middle of the North American continent. Unlike his “civilized” or “modern” cousins, the native Iowa Gardener prefers to obtain sustenance for his family . . .
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July 19, 2009 06:58 PM EDT --
Grinnell Heritage Farm is 152 years old. Andrew Dunham is the fifth generation of his family to work this land about 50 miles east of Des Moines. He is a direct descendant of Josiah Grinnell, founder . . .
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November 20, 2009 04:35 PM EST --
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ~Cicero
Celebrations of the harvest have existed for as long as civilization, for indeed it was agriculture that . . .
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October 28, 2009 10:51 AM EDT --
When beginning their preparations for the coming holidays, and considering desserts, most Americans think immediately of pumpkin pie. Allow me to suggest a second, perhaps more truly American . . .
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May 14, 2008 10:47 PM EDT --
In the New York Times Dining section today, I read this:
Chicagoans can feast on foie gras once more. The Chicago City Council just repealed the ban on its sale that it put in place two years ago. . . .
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February 19, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
17 February 2007
Mussels
When eminent food historian and author Waverly Root published his seminal book Food: An Authoritative and Visual History . . .
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