I love basketball, whether playing or watching. I played it from grade school to high school, and I averaged a whopping 1.7 points a game during my senior year. My basketball prime came at the University of Northern Iowa when I played a lot of pickup basketball, I...
There is a reason for the fall season: Beer. Gone are the light beers enjoyed while baking under a 90-degree sun accompanied by 90% humidity. It is time to cleanse the palette and enjoy Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers. Before you show up on my doorstep with...
Corn is king in Iowa. Look out any window or drive outside of the city, and it is the landscape. While it is used in a variety of products ranging from corn syrup to livestock feed to ethanol, another other important corn product is made in Iowa: Popcorn! Iowa is...
Iowans love to tailgate! Being outside on cool, fall Saturday mornings to support their Hawkeyes, Cyclones, Panthers, Bulldogs, or another favorite school is an always enjoyable activity plenty of us have taken part in. While there are numerous parts of a tailgate...
Turns out, Iowa is home to a few homegrown food chains, some of which span across the country. From mouth-watering burgers and pizzas to fast-casual burritos, Iowa restaurateurs have done their part to feed the masses and it’s time we celebrate them! Here are the...
The smell of the animal barns and the onslaught of the tacky T-shirts and motorized scooters zipping through crowds could only mean one thing: I'm at the Iowa State Fair. My mission was simple, I wanted to try as many of the new state fair foods as my stomach...
Eating absurd and sometimes bizarre foods is a right of passage for people who attend the annual Iowa State Fair. Fortunately for us, this year’s vendors seem to have outdone themselves with their gluttonous creations and there are 53 new foods this year! The first...
Gas station breakfast pizza is the immortal King of Breakfast in Iowa. For the longest time, Casey's breakfast pizza has been the gold standard, but a slate of challengers have come for the crown in recent years. Many Iowans have debated if any of these new...
Cheap food is a lifeline for college students and food writers. So it makes sense that Warren County—home of Simpson College in Indianola—offers plenty of affordable dining experiences! Don’t believe me? Then let me tell you how to get three meals for less than...
During the hot, sweltering summer Iowa days, ice cream always provides relief. Fortunately, in Iowa, there is no shortage of the frozen treat. Iowans know how to make the best ice cream. Like snowbirds, some of these ice cream places come and go with the warm...
