Kansas City may be home to great fresh fare and local goods, but we do lack for trendy grocery stores. With our two Whole Foods buried deep in the suburbs, and zero Trader Joe's, one group of people ...
So here's a dilemma for a principled locavore: Walmart, long considered the enemy-in-chief of mom and pop shops and small, unique economies, is now positioned, by virtue of its sheer size and a new lo...
At this point in the year, we're doing our best to eat locally as much as possible, but sometimes it's hard to get excited about it. We dug into our archives for some inspiring takes on classic deep...
How far does a carrot travel from farm to store? An infographic from GOOD illustrates local and conventional produce miles – with an interesting new approach....
Boulevard Beer has just hit its 20th anniversary here in Kansas City, Missouri. They started out small and have grown over the last two decades, to be the largest craft brewer in the Midwest and larg...
Every year, The Kitchn's writers like to share some of the things that make us feel thankful, and this time we wanted to focus the spotlight on local resources. Read about our treasured food resources...
On Saturday mornings, nestled into the foothills of the Mojave desert, the Joshua Tree farmers' market welcomes everyone from free-spirited locals to military base families, park rangers, and touris...
We recently had a chance to visit Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese in Waterloo, Wis. The company makes a variety of cheeses, but that morning, it was fresh mozzarella. We took a peek into the final st...
We spent a chilly morning at the Dane County Farmers' Market in Madison, Wis., this past Saturday and despite a few early snow flurries, harvest season was still in full swing. ...
Twelve South Carroll Madison, Wisconsin (608) 255-2430 www.fromagination.com A relatively new addition to the capital square in Madison, Wis., Fromagination is a cheese and specialty food shop with...
One of the benefits to living in the Midwest is being able to witness the amazing skill and artistry that goes into the competitive art of smoking meats. Every October, fleets of vehicles pulling sm...
This summer has thrown us for a bit of a loop. We're used to sweating our way through June, July and August in the sweltering Chicago humidity, sticking with cold dishes as much as possible and refusi...
Those of us who live in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic need to enjoy our tomatoes while we can. A fungus called late blight—a strain of which caused the Irish potato famine—is rapidly destroying lo...
Watch out, bacon lovers. Bacon Camp may be coming to a city near you. And what is Bacon Camp? It's a whole day of sharing and learning about bacon, inspired by the community-driven learning event know...
Please tell us that you've heard of these bar cookies? We started craving them over the weekend, but when we hopped online to find a recipe, we found next to nothing! How can it be that more people ...
One thing we start nudging you toward in the second half of the Kitchen Cure when we actually start cooking is eating seasonally and locally. It should be a no-brainer and you shouldn't feel like you'...
You may think that winter is a down time for ice cream. Not so. Jeni's Ice Creams here in Columbus is busily churning out seasonal flavors like Smoked Dark Chocolate with Marshmallows (tastes like cho...
The Printed Blog launched today in Chicago and we were pleased to find a recipe in the first issue. A Bourbon Hot Tea Toddy from Cloves and Cream sure sounded good as we shivered on the train platform...
January can be a tough time to find inspiration in the kitchen, particularly in the cold Midwest. But there's one kind of ingredient that's always readily available, even when its 10 below: Spices! We...
It's easy to talk about eating foods grown and raised locally, yadda yadda yadda, but sometimes sourcing fresh, local produce is not so easy to actually do, especially in the dead of winter. Air-freig...
It's crunch time for holiday menu planning, so we're not messing around. Read on for this week's all-recipe Midwest roundup. ...
RegionalBest.com is a new e-commerce site offering hundreds of foods that are raised, caught or produced by local artisans. Foods appealing to me right now are Maryland blue crab cakes, Idaho grass-fe...
Cookbook gift ideas, Mexican bunuelos and Queso Manchego en Adobo – that and more in this week's roundup. ...
We've got links to fill your holiday table with delights both savory and sweet, plus recipes to keep you healthy and warm the soul. ...
Now that it's officially holiday movie season, we thought we'd highlight a classic recipe from a classic seasonal film – "A Christmas Story." ...
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