Alison Gowans

UPDATE: The University of Iowa Lecture Committee and the UI’s Food for Thought Committee scheduled event with Mark Bittman on …

First Matthew Swift and Benjamin Smart smelled the marrow bones at a restaurant they were trying in Chicago. They decided …

Iowa drivers go through a lot of license plates. Every month, Johnson County Treasurer Thomas Kriz’s office collects hundreds of …

I love food. Like, really, really love food. I love to eat good food. I love to try new dishes. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For Chris Demmer, joining the Cedar Rapids Jaycees had a lot of benefits. It was a chance …

When the lightning hit the first time, Beth Peterson is sure she died. An Army specialist stationed at Fort Benning, …

When Jamie Parish was 25, she made a wrenching decision: to get tested for the genetic condition that causes Huntington’s …

At the Caribbean Kitchen, the jerk chicken is smoked for several hours in pimento wood, harvested from the allspice tree. …

Robert North makes maps for a living, but he doesn’t consider himself a cartographer. ‘I consider myself an illustrator, and …

Des Moines-based food blogger Kristin Porter creates recipes and shares her love of food with thousands of followers online at …

When Iowa Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officer Neil Suckow inspects a semi, he looks for typical things such …

After Vinton-Shellsburg High School students Riley Ries and Kylie Miracle learned about international food aid in debate club, they started …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Andrew Hanzelka and six of his friends have graduated and scattered to colleges around the country, but …

A collaboration between writers and actors at the University of Iowa and countries around the world is off to Africa. …

MARION — In the past 175 years, Marion has cycled through a lot of brands. Established as the county seat …