Tag: agriculture
member name: Kurt Michael Friese
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September 17, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
Iowa: The Birthplace of Delicious
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
One cool spring morning, about 1880, Madison County farmer Jesse Hiatt was walking the rows of his young orchard when he noticed a chance . . .
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September 18, 2006 03:25 PM EDT --
Over the weekend we read the disturbing news of another foodborne illness outbreak. Once again it is e-coli 0157(h)7, a particularly nasty strain, that has sickened at least 120 and killed at least . . .
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July 10, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
As a movie freak and a political junkie, it was inevitable that I would have to see Davis Guggenheims' latest documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Now like most people if you had asked me if . . .
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February 19, 2008 11:11 AM EST --
Cecily Upton, of Slow Food USA's home office in Brooklyn, brought this one to my attention. She says "only in America is the choice between rent and food turned into an advertising gimmick." . . .
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January 09, 2007 07:36 PM EST --
Cooking Class
Real Cooking Made Simple
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Potatoes
On a recent trip out of state, a student I met asked me “Iowa, huh? Isn’t that where they grow potatoes?” . . .
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September 07, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Roots of Change , in conjunction with Slow Food USA and many other like-minded organizations, has drafted a declaration on US food policy. I strongly encourage you all to read the declaration . . .
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April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --
As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . .
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June 03, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
It's About the Food
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Planting a Seed - The Philosophy of Stewardship
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"And . . .
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July 30, 2006 06:21 PM EDT --
Originally published March 2006 in The Little Village
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March is a fickle month. It dangles a couple of warm days out in front of us, enticing us to believe . . .
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June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
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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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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
From the outset: I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. I fully respect their opinions and their gustatory choices. I encourage everyone to eat healthily, and to do so in a manner that . . .
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July 08, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Thought y’all would like to see this:
“I am sympathetic to the Slow Food movement, which emphasizes supporting local farmers within half a day's drive of the place where one lives, and . . .
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September 03, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Click here if you missed part 1
Now it’s 2 weeks on and the tomatoes still keep coming. Last time we talked about having friends over and making a party of it. Everyone brought their bounty . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
There are certain foods that I believe are unpopular with children and other finicky eaters simply because of their names. One such is the unfortunately named squash; it seems to make people think . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
Seems as though the rules for cooking with fats and oils change every time you pick up a newspaper. One oil is bad for you, then it’s good for you, then it’s only good if it’s . . .
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December 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
For some folks, Christmas is about peace and good tidings. For others it is a joyous celebration of the birth of the savior. For many it is just about the presents. In my family it was, and still is, . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT --
The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . .
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