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The Pathos of Cooking
Romance, comfort, grief — food triggers emotions in all of us If we agree that cooking is a method of persuasion, of dialogue, then we can explore the formal Aristotelian components of persuasion — ethos, logos and pathos — to
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BBQ Review: Nine BBQ Restaurants Duke it out to be Omaha’s best
For this issue’s food review we held another one of our food competitions — this one to answer the oft-asked question, “Who has the best barbecue in the area?” Barbecue was brought in from nine of the best slow-cooking, meat-extravanganza,
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Bring on the Farmer’s Markets
It’s that time of year again – when everything is moving outdoors, including our meals. In the past, farmer’s markets were the primary connection between the production by farmers and the consumption of food by the end consumer. With the
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The Dumpster: Un-American Food
We have been invaded. The Europeans snuck in and now all our signature foods are named after their home towns. Hamburger. Frankfurter. We call the latter a hot dog, but in our hearts we know the truth. A hot dog
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Fighting Hunger with Strength
A typical day in the office for Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline Omaha Coordinator Kathleen Upton is nothing short of a trip to the grocery store and coordinating cooking classes for over 50 participants a week. In between classes, she
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Omaha Standard: The Dundee Dell’s Fish ‘n’ Chips
Three-Piece Fish ‘N’ Chips – $10.95 I am no aficionado. Throughout my youth I had consumed perhaps a dozen pieces or fish prepared in the style suitable for them to be called “English Fish-n-Chips”. Most of those were either at
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Inconvenience Food
During a conversation I had with a chef recently, I realized that we shared a common personality trait: we make life more difficult for ourselves. I also immediately understood that this scenario was a good thing. Let me explain. Chef
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Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review, Ever – Part 2
For our food review this issue we revisited an event we held last year, appropriately named “Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review, Ever.” We gathered nearly 20 of Omaha’s pizza places and invited the public to share in the pizza extravaganza. The
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Eulogy, Last Supper and Resurrection
When you hear about the death of a friend or acquaintance following a long illness, you wonder how you lost contact and did not know about the health problems. Had you known you would have visited, given support, schmoozed about
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Something New is Cooking at España
España has a new menu filled with exiting and delicious tapas as well as the old favorites that we all love. Let me start by talking about what tapas are. Tapas are also known as the “little dishes of Spain.”
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