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May is Beef Month in Iowa and this week’s Cook Column is celebrating the beef industry of Iowa. Iowa is tied for sixth in the nation for the number of cattle in the state. The cattle industry employs 39,366 directly and indirectly throughout the state and contributes $5.1 billion in business activity to Iowa’s economy. (The Iowa Beef Industry Council)
Anyone who has gone to grocery...
April is National Pecan month. This week’s column is going to explore the history of the pecan and provide some unusual pecan recipes. The pecan is the only major tree nut that grows naturally in North America and is considered one of its most valuable nut species.
Native Americans first cultivated the pecan tree and it was used in the...
This week’s cook is a relative newcomer to Humboldt, having lived here only five years. Samantha Eastman grew up in northern California where she lived in a beautiful valley surrounded by the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and the Sierra Nevada mountains. She chose to settle in Humboldt because she found it a beautiful area that reminds her of a...
This year Easter falls on March 31. Thoughts of decorated Easter eggs and hunts, the Easter Bunny, and preparations for Holy Week will consume the next couple of weeks. This is how Easter is celebrated in the United States, but other countries celebrate differently. This cook column is going to look at some of the Easter customs from around...
This week’s cook is a Humboldt native who moved to Arizona for a while, but came back and settled in Humboldt. Molly Peaton is the daughter of Linda and Bruce Gunderson. A graduate of Humboldt High School and Iowa Central Community College, Molly works as an operator in the Pharmaceutical Finishing Department at Boehringer Ingelheim (formerly...
It’s March again and time for Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church’s Aebleskiver Breakfast. This year’s breakfast is Sunday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the church’s Fellowship Hall. Included in the breakfast are aebleskivers, sausage, milk, juice and coffee priced at $5 for adults, $3 for children 6 through 12 years of age and children...
