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Taste of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø: A Different Oil Field

By Meta Newell West on Aug. 16, 2021

Photography by Bill Stephens RECIPE FEATURED WITH ARTICLE : Wright Sunflower Oil Tender Steak Marinade Sunflowers are more than a beautiful symbol of our state. Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø is the nation’s fourth-largest…

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A Heritage of Flavor

By Meta Newell West on Nov. 03, 2020

Kansans have been sharing their recipes in community cookbooks for nearly as long as the state has existed. The tried-and-true recipes that make it into community cookbooks have delighted dinner…

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Taste of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø: Chuckwagon Cooking

By Meta Newell West on Aug. 31, 2020

A Wabaunsee County couple prepares old-style meals for modern-day ranch hands The Old West comes alive as Geff Dawson tends the campfire and his wife, Dawn, chops vegetables and stirs up cornbread on…

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Emmett's Place

By Meta Newell West on Aug. 31, 2020

The third-generation owners of Louisburg Cider Mill continue to harvest and expand on their founder’s dream. More than 45 years after Emmett O’Rear began pressing fresh Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø apples into cider…

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Peppernuts a Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø Baking Tradition

By Meta Newell West on Dec. 10, 2019

The dainty, big-flavored cookies we now call “peppernuts” were originally baked in European kitchens as a part of yuletide celebrations. Germans called them pfeffernüsse , the Dutch knew them as…

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Milking Innovation and Tradition

By Meta Newell West on May. 23, 2019

A Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø family dairy farming tradition since 1930, the Hildebrands expand their reach with a new on-site bottling plant Successful entrepreneurs often think outside the box. For the Hildebrand…

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