A Visit to Dot, Turkey
Donna and Lonna visit the Dot Cafe for lunch. Farmer Rob Faux shares some good turkey tales and talks about raising birds organically on pasture.
Nov 19, 2024•53 min•Season 85Ep. 122
DonnaLonna Kitchen Show
Chef Donna Prizgintas and farmer, artist Lonna Nachtigal explore their rural Midwestern food community with lively discussion and good humor. On the DonnaLonna Kitchen show, their long-running and award-winning radio production turned podcast, the ladies talk about food, farming, recipes, and also offer listeners their advice and opinions. Local and nationally known guests join Donna and Lonna around the kitchen table to discuss how farmers grow our food, what is nourishing and healthy, and what tastes good in which season. Chef Donna and Farmer Lonna are here to encourage simple home cooking.
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Books - Fat,Bones,Bitter,Candy,Fruit
Recipes and inspiration from food book authors: Jennifer McLagan, Camilla Wynne, and Nigel Slater.
Nov 12, 2024•49 min•Season 85Ep. 121
Bird Flu, Night Sky
Very small things and very big things. The KHOI Science Bytes guys, Mike Meetz and Sam Wormley join us to talk about microbes, pandemics, food safety, asteriods, the moons of Jupiter, comets, and daylight saving time.
Oct 29, 2024•54 min•Season 85Ep. 119
Potatoes and Onions
We talk about the many joys of potatoes and onions. Varieties and recipes. We talk about cooking fat, an Onion Rabbit recipe, Leek and Apple Salad, Onion jam, and Sauerkraut Tart.
Oct 29, 2024•55 min•Season 85Ep. 118
The Business of Lockwood Cafe
Lockwood Cafe is a local treasure on the northwest edge of Ames, Iowa - located in a repurposed grain elevator. We talk to Sharon Stewart about the Cafe's startup, how she keeps it running and the application of kindness, courtesy, and patience as a successful business model.
Oct 28, 2024•52 min•Season 85Ep. 117
Farming with Nick Wallace
We talk with farmer Nick Wallace about making the most out of a small acreage. Beef, honey and more.
Oct 28, 2024•53 min•Season 85Ep. 116
115: Michael Perry
Michael Perry is an accidental New York Times bestselling author, humorist, musician and amateur snowplow driver from New Auburn, Wisconsin. His work includes Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, Montaigne in Barn Boots, and The Jesus Cow. We talk with Michael about community, food, regional humor, French philosophy and blaze orange hunting caps.
Oct 03, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 115
114: Cinnamon and More Food
Lead found in cinnamon. Donna talks about the latest news. And we talk about apples, an applesauce poem by Ted Kooser, we consider the many kitchen variations on fruit jam, pumpkin peel research, an apple limerick, and five reasons to consider paying more for your food.
Sep 26, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 86
113: Culinary School
Jacob Travesette shares his food adventures from growing up in Ames, Iowa to attending the Hoffman Institute - a highly acclaimed, Michelin starred culinary school in Barcelona, Spain. Donna and Jacob compare notes about knives, professional kitchens, Spanish ice cream flavors, shopping, and plums.
Sep 20, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
112: Work, Okra delights, Mastication, Bitters
Donna shares thoughts of work and household chores. Lonna makes a strange but tasty recipe: Okra Marshmallow Delights. How do we chew, taste, and digest our food? We explore mastication and the wide world of bitters.
Sep 05, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 86
111: Beans and Steve Cannon
All things beans with Steven Cannon, geneticist and researcher for USDA and Associate Professor in the ISU department of Agronomy. Steven talks about the wide range of plants in the legume family and shares the joy of gardening and cooking with beans.
Aug 29, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 86
110: Fresh Okra, Book review, Lovage Sauce
Celebrate summer and fresh food. Donna and Lonna talk about farmer's markets, ice cream, tomatillos, eggplant. okra and lovage. Donna talks about Dicamba on our farm fields. Lonna reviews a good book: The Whole Okra by Chris Smith. And a good lovage sauce recipe to go with all your summer veggies.
Aug 08, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 86
109: Tomatoes and More Garden
We taste a homemade Nocino (a black walnut liqueur). Tomatoes: so much to celebrate, so many varieties... seed saving, growing, harvesting, eating and processing for later. We talk about oven-candied tomatoes, gazpacho, green beans and an easy pickle recipe. Donna shares some news about PFA's. And we have fun with the list of new foods coming up at the Iowa State Fair.
Aug 01, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
108: Drinks, Carrots, Recipes and Elderberries
Hydrate! Donna talks about herbal drinks, watermelon, infusions, syrups, and mocktails. Lonna talks about carrot cake and the history of the carrot and the color orange. And we consider the elderberry.
Jul 25, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 86
107: Iowa's Water Quality and Quantity
Who is taking care of our water? Carolyn Raffensperger joins us to talk about the quality, quantity, and the speed with which water moves through our state. Nitrate levels are at an all time high in our rivers. Agriculture and industry are putting extreme demands on our water resources. Is anyone keeping track of the common good?
Jul 18, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
106: Chickens with Cynthia McClure
We take a light hearted look at backyard poultry with Cynthia McClure. Cynthia reports on her visit to the first ever Murray McMurray Chicken Festival, held in Webster City, Iowa. We talk about chickens, ducks, guinea hens and eggs. Cynthia shares her recipe for salt-preserved egg yolks.
Jul 11, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 106
105: Blueberries with Kim Anderson
Kim Anderson has a way with blueberries. We talk about growing, managing and marketing at the organic, U-pick - Blueberry Bottom Farm in Brighton, Iowa. Kim talks about the challenges of local wildlife, her enthusiastic customers and the growing demand for her berries. We also talk about recipes and her PFI field day in July.
Jul 04, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 86
103: Healthy Iowa Food Systems with Kamyar Enshayan
Knowing what to eat is a tricky business. How do we learn to eat healthy food? Donna and Lonna are joined by Kamyar Enshayan, Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Education at University of Northern Iowa. We explore the latest cancer study data for Iowa. We discuss Ultra Processed Food and health consequences of being able to access good food. Kamyar talks about the positive development of Iowa Food Systems and local action like the Garden in Every Lot project in Waterloo.
Jun 20, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
102: Recipe Review, Banjos, Kismet Recipe Book, Garden, Lime Pie, Wild Greens
A review of a Rhubarb Upsidedown Cake recipe, thoughts on banjos, groundhogs, gardens and Lime Pie. Donna reviews Kismet, a new recipe book... and we explore edible wild spring greens.
Jun 17, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 102
101: Fire in the Kitchen, a History with Nick Land
How did humans figure out how to cook with fire? We talk to historian and grass fed meat marketer, Nick Land about the evolution of cooking, human development, the open hearth, the invention of matches, Henry Ford and charcoal briquets. And Nick talks about grilling techniques for grass fed meat.
Jun 13, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 86
100: Garlic, Garage Sales, Good Brownies
A celebration of summer: garlic and other good things from the allium family, some thoughts on garage sales, and a good brownie recipe. Donna also reviews a cookbook for kids.
Jun 06, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 100
099: Reliable Street, Growing a Community
Donna and Lonna talk to Willa Colville and Maegan Bird about the Reliable Street Farmers Market in Ames, Iowa. Reliable Street is the site of many exciting community building activities: Lockwood coffee shop, a community garden, a thrift store, a community refrigerator, green space and playground. The new Farmers Market will host vendors and a free meal once a month during the summer. And Donna and Lonna talk about edible flowers.
May 30, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 99
098: No Mow May, Basil, Mint, Mushrooms, Nettle Soup
We talk about spring lawn care, basil, and mint. Donna gives us the history of switchel. Lonna talks about harvesting and drying golden oyster mushrooms and we explore nettle soup recipes from Alan Bergo's book Flora.
May 23, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 98
097: Out in the Field with PFI 2024
We start the show with Lonna's review of food and festivities at the 33rd Annual Central Iowa Scottish Spring Ball: kilts, tartans, haggis and Scotch Eggs. Jacqueline Venner Senske joins Donna and Lonna to talk about Practical Farmers of Iowa and horticultural highlights of the upcoming Field Day season.
May 09, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 97
096: GMO Update, Rhubarb Time
Lonna talks about her visit to the Ames Repair Cafe and Ames Seed Library. Donna gives us an update on GMO corn, our health, the farm economy and our trade relationship with Mexico. We celebrate rhubarb season with growing and harvesting tips, and recipes: rhubarb orange jam, custard pie, rhubarb beet soup, chutney, syrups, and shrubs. We end with a poem to honor workers that built cathedrals with a thought for International Workers Day.
May 02, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 96
095: Consolidation, Monopolies, Big Money in our Food System
The cost of producing our food affects all of us. Farmers are at the front line of price increases as big corporations take over the production of agricultural inputs. Donna and Lonna report on a Federal Trade Commission Listening Session event held in Nevada, Iowa where FTC chair, Lina Khan heard concerns from midwest farmers about the take over of the Iowa Fertilizer Co. by Koch Industries. The Iowa Fertilizer Co. received $545 million in local, state and federal tax dollars to provide more co...
Apr 25, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 95
094: Wild Green Things, Brown Bread
Celebrating foraging and the first green things of spring: Donna and Lonna talk about motherwort, bluebells, nettles, ground ivy, linden flowers, the alder tree and dandelions. Lonna bakes some yeast brown bread from the classic cookbook by Darian Allen. We learn about how to make comfrey tea plant fertilizer. Donna talks about ramps and ramp farming and we go out with a poem about our human microbiome.
Apr 18, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 94
092: Spring Recipes, Gingerbread, Garden, Water News
Falling down a rabbit hole, a salute to snakes, Donna talks about eggs, Lonna talks about gingerbread, we talk about the fish kill on the Nishnabotna River in Iowa. Lonna shares some spring suggestions for the garden and a reads a poem by Mary Oliver about a bear waking up after a long winter.
Apr 04, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 92
091: Workers that feed us - why we need immigrants
Dr. Jan Flora joins us at the DonnaLonna Kitchen table to talk about immigrant workers. Dr. Flora is professor emeritus at Iowa State University in the College of Agriculture. His recent opinion piece is entitled "Immigrants Serve the Common Good, Including in Iowa: Those are the Facts". We also talk about planting onions.
Mar 28, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 91
090: Iowa Eats Food & Drink Festival
DonnaLonna Kitchen talks to Cara Miller and Jay Goodvin from the Silos and Smokestacks organization about the upcoming Iowa Eats Food and Drink Festival. This is the second year for the event. It will be held April 6, 2024 in Waterloo. Cara Miller talks about vendors, cooking demonstrations, and a pork cook-off. Jay Goodvin shares reviews of Iowa food favorites. Donna closes out the show with some words of wisdom on cabbage.
Mar 21, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 90
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