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Student blogs

Blog: Students takes sharp turn off Yellow Brick Road

May 10, 2010
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By Ely Behrhorst Philly cheese steak, Maine lobster and the original Buffalo wings, just to name a few. “Far from Oz” compiles food stories of my spring break road trip turned travel blog of a New England eats tour in March of 2010 for the Kansas Food Journal. For one week my girlfriend and I [...]

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Blog: ‘Tea Time’ visits tearooms in Kansas

May 10, 2010
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By Laura Parente Oriental beauty oolong tea is a “popular native of Taiwan with pleasant lemon and spice accents,” according to the menu at House of Chá, an Asian style tea room in Lawrence. You can order by the pot or the cup. I  first tasted this unique Chinese tea on a day trip to [...]

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Blog: ‘mixingmolecules’ sleuths protons, electrons and banana bread

May 10, 2010
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By Dustin Nelson Like a caterpillar going through metamorphosis, food can grow, shrink, change colors and become an eye-catching, desired item.  To understand the magic behind the scientific principles of foods, I went on an investigation around the Department of Food Science, Department of Human Nutrition, and a kitchen store to uncover reasons why and [...]

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Blog: ‘Beer Conquest’ tackles craft breweries

May 10, 2010
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By Collin Hayes Beer Conquest focuses on small, local breweries from the Midwest, specifically (but not exclusively) in Kansas. My goal with this blog is to create more awareness of local, craft brewers while hopefully gathering more supporters for each of the breweries. With each post you should expect either a review of a specific [...]

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Blog: Eating from your own backyard

May 10, 2010

By Claire Armstrong The identical cookie-cutter shapes of bite-sized meats, fruit juices that contain little or no fruit or even vegetable juices that contain more fructose corn syrup than carrots or tomatoes.  We call this food? Walking down the aisles of the common grocery store, these foods become glamorized by the shiny packaging, catchy advertisements, [...]

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