Some of the county’s best home cooks — youths and veterans alike — competed in a number of categories for purple ribbons at this year’s Douglas County Fair.The Journal-World is sharing recipes for the top baked goods, as submitted by the Douglas County K-State Research and Extension ...

A visit to Amy’s Meats at the Homestead feels like walking back into a simpler time. There is electricity and refrigeration, and no one’s wearing bonnets and prairie skirts. But at this hillside farm in rural Lawrence, the Saunders family works hard to raise most everything they need to eat ...

Eileen Horn was shuffling score sheets after the judges’ last bites at the third annual Chefs Challenge Friday evening at the Douglas County Fair. “They have never been this close,” said Horn, the county sustainability coordinator, “and it looks like this was gut-wrenching for the ...

When the late-night crowd approaches the walk-up window outside Fatso’s Public House and Stage, tipsy types sometimes ask, “What’s this — you don’t have any pizza?”“No,” Hani Chahine tells them, “but try this.”The food coming out of that little window now is decidedly ...

Karen Blakeslee gently cut the loaf of zucchini bread in half. She picked up and examined each half, looking at how well the ingredients were blended and whether the zucchini was peeled. She made note of the weight — fairly light, meaning it was well-baked — and commented on the smell of ...

For Pam Bramlett, buying local is more than just a trendy concept — it’s her life’s work.The self-proclaimed “flavor junkie” had been planting herbs for her own kitchen for years. When she realized she was not alone in her desire for the fresh taste and chemical-free benefits of ...