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Burger Deluxe, Please
Thinking about burgers takes me back to the first burgers of my boyhood days. I grew up in Norfolk, NE, a quiet city of around 25,000 people. I’m sure all of you have wonderful memories of that first burger that
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Yearning for the Perfect Burger
“When Alexander saw the breadth of his empire, he wept because there were no more burgers to eat.” -culinary version, misattributed to Plutarch What’s better than a good burger? If you are ‘Merican with a capital M, I would say
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Finding the Food: Deweese, NE
This is the furthest I have been out for Finding the Food to date. I found myself with some friends in Deweese, Nebraska – a tiny town with a population of 67. The town exists in the area of the
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Adventures in Cheesemaking
A seemingly endless stretch of cold, short, grey days from November to February makes some of us want to put on sweatpants and binge watch Netflix until Daylight Savings Time begins. But that’s going to get old, fast. Ok, maybe
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Craving Sushi? Omaha’s Got You Covered
It’s late in the afternoon on a lazy summer Sunday, that time of day between lunch and dinner that’s typically a lull at most restaurants. A time to clean up after the lunch crowd has dissipated and get ready for
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Finding the Food: A Visit to the Black Crow Restaurant & Bar
Recently, I found myself helping a friend out on a photo shoot near Beatrice, Nebraska. The models were cows, tractors, golf greens, and fields of beans and corn. Not the most glamorous shoot and not the most glamorous area. I
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Foodies Don’t Fear the Freezer
“If you love something, let it freeze. If it thaws out, eat it. ” – Ice Age Proverb Freezing can be a deep subject, in terms of cubic feet and philosophy. If something is frozen, like a baby mammoth or
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On a Mission: The Pizza Pie Guys Bring Omaha Something New and Unusally Delicious
In a city dominated by chain pizzerias and run-of-the-mill catering businesses, The Pizza Pie Guys are on a mission to bring the Omaha area something new, fun and unusually delicious. Dan Reid, one of the owners and proprietors of The
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An Interview with Restauranteur Terry Alexander
In my world (as someone who works for a magazine covering the food and spirits industry), if you mention that you’re going to Chicago and you’re looking for places to go and things to do, there are a few givens.
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The Nebraska Tailgate Challenge
Mother Nature has given us a cooler than expected summer, and with every north breeze the excitement of the fall tailgating season in Nebraska gets stronger. When most people think of Nebraska tailgating, they think of a sea of red
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