Basic. Minimal. Let's focus on those two perfect words with the food this week.
Do you all need a recipe that's 100 percent unashamedly lazy? Beautifully easy? Of course you do. I really promise this is 100 percent kid friendly. I know I say that every week, but even the one-year-old INHALED this. Like, three bowls...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 3/9/17
Having spent half of my life looking through a windshield, I drove between four and five million miles, close as I can figure. I liked to drive anything since I was a kid.
My dad had a couple of old rock trucks he had put together. I rode with one of the drivers a lot. He...
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From the Kitchen – Kendra Annee
This week’s featured cook, Kendra Annee, her husband Tim, and their son Ryan live in Galesburg, in a home that has been in her family for nearly three-quarters of a century and, understandably, holds many treasured family memories.
“The title of our home dates back to 1855, but we believe there was another house here before...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers – 3/2/17
I was messing around in my garage, where I live, according to my wife.
A lot of thoughts go through my head out there in the peace and quiet.
Some of the stupid things I have done crossed my mind, mostly those that had been terribly embarrassing.
The first one I thought of happened at the Speedway in...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – Chicken and Couscous
You know what I've noticed? Vinegar is to women what duct tape is to men. Just like duct tape fixes everything, vinegar cleans, freshens, removes odors, and removes water build-up like the best of them.
Sunny warm weather, well, that's just for everyone. However, I now remember why I don't always hate winter. Bugs are dead....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 2/23/17
My family and I have had so many weird coincidences.
One I remember happened 100 years ago when I was playing high school football.
We played a team from Marshalltown on the old field here in town.
I know it is hard to believe, but I was an unethical player.
I was not very nice to the young man...
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From the kitchen: Amy Collum
This week’s featured cook, Amy Collum, loves everything about the acreage she lives on. Almost everything, that is.
“We live south of Grinnell on an acreage,” explained Amy. “We actually live about a mile down the road from my brother and sister-in-law, Casey and Cindy Gibbs. We have five acres and absolutely love it ... except...
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