BrewNost & recipe contest still on

Despite the flooding at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, BrewNost will continue — at a yet-to-be determined location.
Organizers are still holding their cooking with beer competition, too. But any recipes submitted before the flood were lost, so they ask that folks resend those entries. Recipes can be sent to the museum address [...]

BrewNost cooking with beer contest is back

BrewNost, a beer sampling event held yearly on the banks of the Cedar River at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, is putting out its official call for entries in its second annual BrewNost Patron’s Choice Recipe Contest.
The contest is open to professional and amateur chefs 21 years of age or older, and each entrant [...]

Peanut butter cookies win Bake-Off

I’m thinking maybe I should stop writing about food, and spend more time baking it. Specifically, cookies. More specifically, cookies like Carolyn Gurtz’s Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies.
Her simple recipe — it uses refrigerated cookie dough as its base — took the $1 million Grand Prize in this year’s Pillsbury Bake-Off. Oh, and she also won an [...]

Iron Chef Cedar Rapids, Year 2

Iron Chef Cedar Rapids just keeps getting better.
In its second year, organizers added new features, including a Really Big TV broadcasting a live feed from cameras circulating around the kitchen, live music, and a chance for attendees to win the opportunity to be an honorary judge and sample each of the contestants’ offerings. 
This year’s competitors were chef teams [...]