Articles by Kurt Michael Friese
Kurt Michael Friese is chef/owner of Devotay in Iowa City, serves on the Slow Food USA Board of Directors, and is editor-in-chief of the magazine Edible Iowa River Valley. He is the author of two books, including A Cook's Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland and Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots on the Chile Trail (which he co-authored with Gary Nabhan and Kraig Kraft). He lives with his wife Kim in rural Johnson County.
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UPDATED: The cruelty of industrial egg-riculture — plus a tasty recipe for your local pastured eggs
Consider the egg. Photo: Kurt Michael Friese UPDATE: The owner of the hatchery in the video mentioned below has spoken out, says there were violations of procedure but makes no […]
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Let’s (re)do school lunch
Are corndogs a vegetable? There has been a cultural revolution in this country over the last 50 to 75 years, a sort of intellectual cleansing that has removed from most […]
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From southern Spain, the king of summer soups
Spanish steps to the perfect summer soup.Like Penelope Cruz, my restaurant has a Spanish accent. I can’t quite say “theme,” because the menu is far from 100 percent Spanish; but […]
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With a gust of wind, an Iowa crop duster can squash an organic farm
A crop duster in action.Photo: Roger Smith via FlickrGrinnell Heritage Farm is 152 years old. Andrew Dunham is the fifth generation of his family to work this land about 50 […]
