Farm to table in Iowa City embraces local sourcing
In Iowa City the Linn Street Cafe showcases farm to table as buying fresh ingredients from local producers. The restaurant partners with Kalona auctions and Eden's Farms for pork while noting a movement stretching since 1996 and growing interest in farmer markets and school gardens. SoilMates educates youth on soil health through local gardening programs.
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Gazette
Nicholas Brink
Linn Street
Iowa City
Kalona
Iowa
Eden’s
Brink
Soilmates
Lisa Pritchard
Four Oaks
Pritchard
Grimm
California
Mexico
Koepke
Cuisine in the Corn fundraiser dinner at Bloomsbury Farm
Four Oaks hosts Cuisine in the Corn on August 25 at Bloomsbury Farm Atkins with a 75 early bird price and 85 after. Proceeds benefit child welfare juvenile justice and behavioral health services. Reservations required limited seating 150 at fouroaks.org.
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Bloomsbury Farm
68Th St
Atkins
Four Oaks
Juvenile Justice and Behavioral Health Agency
Fouroaks.org
Garden Fresh Tomato Salad with Herbs
A simple diced tomato recipe combines onion cucumber green pepper and fresh basil and parsley with crushed garlic white wine vinegar. Toss, season with salt and pepper, chill, and serve.
Fresh tomato salad with salami and green beans
Salami sizzles in olive oil with onion and garlic to form a sauce. Tomatoes melt into the base, then green beans cook slowly in water until very tender. Finish with vinegar, salt, and serve hot or at room temperature.
Mini Chocolate Zucchini Muffins Recipe
A summer treat using shredded zucchini folded into a moist chocolate batter with cocoa cinnamon cardamom and walnuts. Each muffin tops with a walnut half and bakes 15 to 18 minutes for portable snack cakelets adapted from Everyday Food May 2010.
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Ing
Scott Koepke
Jason Grimm
Iowa Valley Food Co-op
Cedar Rapids
Meredith
Freemedia
Net
Ir Oaks
Allrec
Russ Parsons
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Scipes
Heather Younker
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