Lindsay Thurlow traces Liz Sultzer’s life through the recipes she cooks, starting at age 7 in the family café in Lincoln and continuing to a K-State sorority house.

Amanda Watkins reports on a Wamego dietitian who started meal-preparation business offering healthful take-out entrees to order.

At Willow Lake Student Farm, K-Staters experiment with composting dining center potato peels.

Greg Fox could have been an actor, musician, or celebrity chef, but chose, instead, to return to his roots in Topeka. The results of his talent do not disappoint.

Suffering from many health problems, Merry O’Callahan was told she had two years to live. Fifteen years later, O’Callahan is off all medication and takes elderberry daily. Research studies have found that antioxidant properties in elderberries help improve vision, heart health and the immune system and lower cholesterol.

Yoder is the largest Amish community in Kansas. There the lifestyle is simple. For young Mattie Bontrager, that means more customers to serve at Carriage Crossing. The area has become a tourist destination.

In Crawford County, fried chicken is more than what’s on the dinner table — it’s tradition. Pichler’s Chicken Annie’s is one of six fried chicken restaurants in the county. And since 1970, the Pichlers have been providing “Something to Crow About.”