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Norton grapes at BlueJacket Crossing winery
A friend and I went on a wine tour Sunday—yes, right here in Kansas, within 25 miles of home. I have to admit my expectations were low. I’d tried some Kansas wines before and hadn’t been impressed. Sunday was different, even though the winemakers were short on dry wines (my [...]

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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 [...]

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The weather around here is strangely cool—Monday’s high was 65 degrees Fahrenheit at a time when 85 or 95 would be entirely unsurprising. Still, the produce in Monday’s bag from the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance reinforced the idea that the seasons, they are a-changing.

As you can see, we still have top o’ the summer crops—the [...]

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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 [...]

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I had 1 pound of gorgeous little plum tomatoes and no good plan for their use. So I decided to do a mini-version of Joanne’s tomato sauce (go to the comments on the post for the directions). She had 25 pounds of tomatoes to my 1 pound, but I figured the basic approach would work, [...]

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Yes, it was time to clean out the refrigerator and use up some fresh, local produce before it went bad. That meant time to resurrect Renegade Risotto for the first time of the season. This time, I wanted to use two small summer squashes, a very mildly hot large pepper plus chicken broth and bits [...]

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