I’m not a big game hunter. I tried it, but it never really appealed to me. But I love venison, and I’m lucky that Iowa is not just overflowing with…

512 E. Grand Avenue This is the best sushi I’ve had in Iowa–and easily compares with sushi in any major metropolitan area in this country. It’s a small restaurant, and…

1518 East Grand Avenue This is probably my favorite Mexican restaurant in the state of Iowa. I first started going there in the early 90s, when it was more like…

A friend of mine gave me a jar of preserved lemons and Sicilian capers in salt recently, and I’ve been experimenting a lot with this wonderful ingredient. The amounts for…