A big week for food fans is shaping up here in Lawrence, and there are other items of interest, too. Read on…
Put these activities on your schedules:
Friday, Oct. 3: Chef Kurt Michael Friese will speak and sign his book, A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland at KU.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5: Kaw Valley [...]
Tags:farms·Kaw Valley Farm Tour·Kurt Michael Friese·Lawrence restaurants·Roundup·sustainable agriculture
Despite appearances, I haven’t fallen off the edge of the earth. Here are some Kansas food items to get me back on the blog program.
Defense and counter-defense. Kansas Bioscience Authority president Tom Thornton explains the authority’s support for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Kansas. (Cattle Network). Meanwhile, a group called No NBAF [...]
Tags:local food·local wine·National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility·Research·Roundup
As much as I like to cook, I do like to go out to eat, too. A friend and I went to Teller’s the other night, the first time in a while, and I was pleased to see such items on the menu as Baumans’ chicken and pork from Amy’s Meats, both nearby farms.
Even though [...]
Tags:local food·seasonal eating·Teller's
A collection of articles in the October 2008 Journal of Consumer Research adds up to what we already suspected. Those wily processed food marketers know how to get us to buy and eat more. Consider:
Consumers tend to avoid the largest and smallest drink sizes. Thus, if you want people to buy more soda pop, increase [...]
Tags:food marketing
Good news! More people are eating home-cooked meals. Bad news! It isn’t what I’d call cooking. Good news! It’s a start, and it could maybe get people thinking about real cooking again. At least I hope so.
The food-spending update
Several reports from the last few weeks suggest more people are eating at home, largely due to [...]
Tags:home cooking·processed food
What do you think of when you think of Kansas beef? The old Kansas City Stock Yards? The feed lots? Old Dodge City? You might, but to be in touch with contemporary food, you probably should think about ranches and packing plants, too. That’s because beef in Kansas is huge. Kansas may be the Wheat [...]