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Des Moines - “Smoke Town USA”
Flying Mango platterThrough most of the 20th century, barbecue was a specialty of the American South, distinguished regionally by the local woods: hickory in the Carolinas and the mountain states, burr oak in east Texa… -
Farmers Market
July 16, Des MoinesCarrots, long beans, green beans, beets, sweet corn and Asian style greens (Cleverley Farms Elegance mix***) are peaking. Good radishes still around at Asian farmer stalls. Uncle Wendell's is bak… -
B & B’s Pork Tenderloin Is Ultimate Sandwich
"whacked and stacked tenderloin" After two months of voting, Cityview readers proclaimed the pork tenderloin from B & B Grocery Meat & Deli as “Des Moines’ Ultimate Sandwich.” In the end, it wasn’t close. The d… -
Sandwich Quest Makes Surprising Discovery
Hillel the Elder invented the sandwich (herbed Paschal lamb between slices of pita) about the same time he enunciated what would become known as the golden rule. So, to feed others as he would feed himself, George Forma… -
Uncle Wendell's
Ingersoll is Des Moines’ corridor of democracy. One block north of Grand, it draws equally from a well-heeled establishment to the south, a free-thinking college fringe to the north and many inexpensive rental propert…
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