Speaking of bicycles, you won't need a tank to clear your path for some leisurely rides in Brookings next weekend. A whole bunch of Brookings organizations are sponsoring a Tour of Gardens (I urge the truly snobbish to cry "Le…
Posts tagged as “food”
Here's a handful of happy recognitions: Nathan Johnson has some of America's best pizza in his neighborhood. Food Network Magazine deems the the spicy meatball and sauerkraut pizza at Charlie's Pizza the best pizza in South Dakota. (See photo #41…
Of all the topics discussed at last night's public meeting on reversing Madison's retail decline, we found the strongest consensus around the idea that Madison needs a second grocery store. Meeting organizer Ashley Kenneth Allen cites poll data from the…
I had supper at the 41st and Shirley McDonald's in Sioux Falls tonight, a block west from Barnes and Noble. The place certainly looks fancier than when Mom and Dad took me there on our Sioux Falls grocery trips—oh my!—35…
I noted yesterday that the USDA predicts big growth in acres planted to corn. My tomato-minded friend Matt asked about the outlook for his garden (always thinking about tomatoes, perhaps to toss at me during the candidates' forum tonight!). The…
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service has put out the Propsective Plantings report for 2011. Corn will be popping... if the fields ever dry out. The NASS predicts farmers nationally will increase corn acres 4.5%, wheat 8.2%, and cotton 15%.…
Perhaps cowed by criticism of continued corporate welfare, the South Dakota Senate came together yesterday to save some scraps for South Dakotans at the other end of the economic spectrum. Governor Dennis Daugaard asked for SB 191 to repeal the…
KELO shows a little blog-style moxy by discussing our legislators' hypocrisy on "food for votes." Ever since the Democrat-organized rallies on the Indian reservations last fall where the Herseth Sandlin campaign respected Lakota tradition by serving food, then helped folks…