St Jude’s Sweet Corn Festival at Cedar Rapids
The St Jude’s Catholic Church festival at 50 Edgewood Rd NW Cedar Rapids runs Friday and Saturday. Admission and parking are free with a small fee for some activities. Carnival games and rides cost $1 per child. corn 50 cents each or $1 for three. Information at 319 390 3520 or judes.org.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Edgewood Rd
Savor the flavor on those busy nights
Busy night meal ideas note More Than Gourmet sauces can be tweaked for many dishes. Salt in baking strengthens gluten and shelf life and enhances sweetness. omitting salt lowers flavor and may lead to overeating. For lower sodium, avoid processed foods rather than remove salt from recipes.
Burger cook-off fundraiser held in Wellington Heights
AmeriCorps Vista with Project Brighton in Cedar Rapids hosts a burger cook-off at Redmond Park at Third Avenue and 16th Street SE. Entry costs 25 dollars and includes grills and supplies. burgers are free for attendees. For information call 319 594 1642 or email ryan boehm vista corridorrecovery.org.
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Cedar
Sweet corn season brings memories and growing tastiness
The Contra Costa Times notes corn is in peak season with rising consumption, helped by more farmers markets and many varieties. Webb Ranch profits from fresh harvests two to three times daily while experts vary on best preparation from raw ears to sautéed dishes.
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Jennifer Graue
Contra Costa
USDA
Webb Ranch
Stanford University
Tom Hubbard
Alison Abbots
Santa Cruz County
Calif
Farmers Markets
Tom Nichol
San Jose
South
Joey Altman
Brentwood Corn Festival Delights Cheesy Fritters and Ragout
The piece recommends selecting corn with bright tight husks and testing juiciness by poking a kernel. It notes late season worms are common and urges trimming those parts. It highlights decadent corn fritters and a tomato basil ragout pairing with grilled protein, plus a nostalgic boiled corn with butter.
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Brentwood
Cheesy Corn Fritters and Creamy Corn Soup Secrets
A merged recipe note features Cheesy Corn Fritters with saffron butter and corn kernels, plus a corn soup method. It includes batter mix of flour cornmeal baking powder sugar and cheddar with eggs buttermilk and saffron, then deep fried fritters and a corn broth simmered with cobs and kernels served hot.
Corn and Black Bean Salsa Adapted From Elotes
A Mexican style corn and bean salsa combining boiled corn kernels, black beans, tomato, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro and lime. The mix is seasoned with cumin salt and olive oil and served at room temperature or chilled, with a note on esquites and a cotija cheese variation.
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Marge Poore
Wiley
Lincoln Cafe chef offers free fries for life with tattoo
Mount Vernon chef Matt Stiegerwald tattoos Lincoln Cafe motto food is important in Barcelona and offers loyal diners lifetime free French fries. He notes the slogan mirrors local values and challenges customers to declare commitment by getting the tattoo, with occasional kids arriving bearing the motto.
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Matt Stiegerwald
Lincoln Cafe
Mount Vernon
Spain
Foodisimportant
Barcelona
East
Stiegerwald
San Diego
Gazcomm
Angie.holme
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