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Finding the Food: Avoca, Weeping Water, Manley, Papillion
Sometimes, when trying to find places to check out in small towns around the state, you end up finding something good closer to home. This happened to me recently when a group of friends made a trip to Avoca, Nebraska,
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The Dumpster: Into Thin Air
Me at the Buffalo County Fair, 1972: “Please can I have some cotton candy?” “No.” “Pleeeeeze? Pleeeaaaauuuuzzzhhh?” As if adding syllables would help. “No.” “I’ll never ask for any…” “Fine—just to shut you up. Here’s fifty cents. Get outta here.”
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Beer Chat: Beer & Desset Pairings
Dessert and beer are very much alike. They are both treats which are often enjoyed as a reward for something. Whether an anniversary of life, the end of a long hard day, or just because, their similarities for indulging are
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Supper Club: Benson Progressive Dinner
Publisher’s Note: Omega Omega Omega (Tri Omega), the culinary fraternity at the Institute for the Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College, strives to provide students with opportunities to apply and develop their skills through unique experiences. One of these experiences
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Recipe Rescue: How to steer dishes that go awry back on course
What do sesame oil, fresh rosemary and Louisiana hot sauce have in common? They were part of one of the seminal cooking moments of my lifetime. I was making a stir fry in a brand new wok. The veggies were
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What the Pho?
In winter, in Nebraska, the doldrums of winter’s days wear on with the cold winds howling across the prairies, sending chills to all of our bones. To come inside and take off my coat, hat and gloves, and enjoy a
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Your Own Personal Bistro: Thai Mussel Recipe
It’s been many years since I’ve worked the line at a restaurant. For those of you who have never experienced the frenetically chaotic pace of working the line, let me say it is definitely a love/hate relationship. There is nothing
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Noshing in Nepal: Exploring Culture with Food
We had been up for 30 hours when we had our first meal together. After hours of flying time and airport craziness, the jet lag and overall fuzziness in my head was threatening to suck out all the politeness I
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Escargot Aux Omaha
Snails are delicious. There is a reason the French cry tears of liqueur over them. They are high in protein and magnesium, and low in fat. Of course, that leanness all goes out the window when you slather them with
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Omaha’s Whole Brain Restaurants: M’s Pub & Vivace
“Whenever anyone, but especially someone from out of town wants a dinner recommendation, I send them to M’s Pub because I know they will love their food, love the ambiance, and feel like they are experiencing that cool urban vibe,†Food
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