With Iowa no longer the beef capital, what are our state’s special foods?
My aunt and her family visited Iowa from Oregon in the late 1950s. They wanted to eat Iowa beef at every meal. Iowa beef had such a national reputation then that it was revered from New York to the west coast. Iowa even had h
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There would be cake. And champagne. And corn.
Lots of corn. Or so we figured when boarding our first post-pandemic flight to celebrate an Aspen friend’s milestone birthday in her Iowa hometown.
Driving from the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids to Fairfield, however, we noticed that there were not, in fact, any corn stalks visible on the 80-minute journey over rolling farmland. Of course not, because they haven’t sprouted yet! Such are the silly misconceptions one might have about the Midwest after sheltering in Aspen for 15 months.
Last week, seven Aspen pals convened in Fairfield to fête our friend Julia Punj. Last year, the chef, sommelier, and financial advisor returned to her former stomping grounds to make an unprecedented move: Open a wine bar during a pandemic.