Dogtown rises in chaos
The Dog Days of 2020 began on July 22, but the dawning of the age of Dogtown had already commenced. The Drake neighborhood will spend at least $700,000 in the [...]
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Posted August 05, 2020in The Dish
Posted July 01, 2020in The Dish
Dining in the year of the pandemic
There were more closings than openings for the first period in quite a while. Calamity breeds chaos. The last three months were piled high with a lot of both. Never [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in The Dish
Food in the year of the virus
Things got really crazy in the restaurant world last month. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calling for a two-month ban of congregations of more than 50 people [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in The Dish
Good news, political food and food trends
And you thought we had a problem with farm-raised salmon? The newest Year of the Rat infested the world with new forms of dread and old ways of spreading them. [...]
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Posted February 05, 2020in The Dish
Good news, bad news and new stuff we like
Black Velvet Canadian Whisky, the once and future king of Iowa, was the state’s most popular liquor brand. Wheat exploded to a 16-month high bolstered by potential Chinese demand following [...]
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Posted January 01, 2020in The Dish
Lost legends, rising farmland prices and virtual reality glasses for dairy cows
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar took the top spot in an annual Iowa cooking competition. This year was a time of Dickensian bests and worsts. Des Moines’ food scene [...]
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Posted December 04, 2019in The Dish
Where is the music of food?
Why are there so many songs written about cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin and so few written about food? Food is the subject of at least as many movies as drugs. [...]
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Posted November 06, 2019in The Dish
Taste of New York wins Ultimate Pizza Challenge
And more good news Taste of New York won the Ultimate Pizza Challenge over the last three months. The Jordan Creek pizzeria has won the hearts of Des Moines’ diners [...]
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Posted October 02, 2019in The Dish
Domesticated pets move to top of food chain
There is a lot going on in the restaurant world. The last month was a time of astonishing consequences for third-millennium Americans. After some 12,000 years of invention, ingenuity and [...]
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Posted September 04, 2019in The Dish
Coke and Pepsi flop in outer space
40 “Women to Watch” in hospitality August was a bitter time for local restaurant lovers. Three beloved, old-school cafés closed. They were Italian American classics and will not be easily [...]
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