KurtFriese.com by Kurt Michael Friese
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Stirring the pot
Nationwide “eat-ins” show way to a revived National School Lunch Program 1
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago Across the nation on Labor Day, more than 20,000 people turned up at picnics to rally support for healthy school lunches. Read More -
Shell game
UPDATED: The cruelty of industrial egg-riculture—plus a tasty recipe for your local pastured eggs 10
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs than any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs--and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers. Read More -
Fork in the road
Let’s (re)do school lunch 18
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago It's time to get active in the campaign to improve school lunches, says Chef Kurt Michael Friese. Read More -
Andalucia in a bowl
From southern Spain, the king of summer soups 2
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago When high summer comes, it's time to turn off the oven and reach for the blender. Kurt Michael Friese delivers the goods on gazpacho, a recipe imported from Spain but best made with your local summer bounty. Read More -
Catch my drift?
With a gust of wind, an Iowa crop duster can squash an organic farm 18
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago Usually, small-scale organic farmers avoid interacting with GMO seed giant Monsanto simply by avoiding its seeds. But one such grower in Iowa got a nasty blast of Monsanto's power anyway, literally from the sky. Read More -
Lunch-hour follies
As GOP politicians take the school-lunch debate to new lows, perk up with berry ice cream 2
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago School lunches are notoriously dismal--warmed over processed dreck. How depressing that state-level GOP politicians are rallying round the lunch-room status quo. Kurt Michael Friese cheers up with homemade berry ice cream. Read More -
Little feast on the prairie
From grass to grill, a Midwestern farm struts its stuff—and dishes up delicious lamb chops 4
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago Chef Kurt Michael Friese recently joined the members of Slow Food St. Louis for their fourth annual "Lambstravaganza" at Prairie Grass Farms just outside of New Florence, MO. Get a taste of the event yourself with a recipe for grilled lamp chops. Read More -
Slicing and dicing reality
From “local” Lays to Oprah’s KFC promo, hypocrisy abounds in the food world 2
Posted 6 months ago Everyone's a little bit of a hypocrite, but the food industry takes the cake, says Kurt Michael Friese. The recent declaration that megabrand Lay's potato chips are "local" send him to his kitchen to whip up some real local chips--plus an easy recipe. Read More -
Farm team
In the lush dirt of Iowa, community grows alongside veggies 4
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago Think of Iowa farms, and most folks get images of vast cornfields devoid of people. Things couldn't be more different at ZJ Farms, near Iowa City. Read More -
Ultra-Healthy or Overindulgent?
What we eat when we eat alone 0
Posted 7 months ago My dear friend Deborah Madison has created a delightful book called What We Eat When We Eat Alone, an investigation into some of our most intimate moments. When no one is looking, no one is judging, and your most secret cravings can come out, what do you eat? And how? Read More
