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  How (and Why) John Carruthers Makes Tavern-Style Pizza

  A comprehensive guide

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  The Pizza Chicagoans Crave

  It isn't deep-dish.

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  Salumi with a Midwestern Pedigree

  A Q&A with Chris Eley of Smoking Goose Meatery

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  Bottling the Midwest

  How the distillers at Cardinal Spirits celebrate the Hoosier State

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  Iowa’s “Lutheran Sushi”

  "Sure, we might serve you alien wieners, but we know good food in Iowa."

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  Remembering Rath

  The legacy of an Iowa meatpacking plant

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  My Most Cherished Recipe Came From a Kansas Accounting Class

  And it only has three ingredients

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  A Michigan Pie Paradise

  The joys of Crane's Pie Pantry in Fennville

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  More Than Just a Ham Sandwich

  What the ham bun means to members of Michigan's Christian Reformed Church

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  Chicago Mix Was Never From Chicago

  The truth about a classic popcorn pairing

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  Why Minnesotans Love Aquavit

  A Scandinavian spirit with a following in the Bold North

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  Can Missouri Be Both Midwestern and Southern?

  State of flux

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  A Better Way to Crack a Black Walnut

  Missouri technology can help this year's harvest

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  Meet Dorothy Lynch

  A salad dressing that packs a punch

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  Nebraska’s Most Award-Winning Brewery

  An operation that makes sh*t happen

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  How to Make Supper Club Popovers

  An award-winning recipe from North Dakota

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  How to Make Knoephla

  Comfort by the spoonful from North Dakota

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  Cincinnati’s West Side Might Be Its Best Side

  Why one East Sider is crossing I-75

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  What I Learned In Twenty-Three Years as a Midwestern Food Writer

  "I was interested in what we had, not what we didn’t have."

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  South Dakota’s Official Dessert

  A cake that traveled from Germany to Russia to the Midwest

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  Booyah Tastes Better After a Few Days

  Like all good things, it takes time

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  Where to Eat Sheboygan-Style Brat Burgers

  The bratwurst capital of the world likes its sausage in burger form

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