DonnaLonna Kitchen Show

By DonnaLonna Kitchen Show

Chef Donna Prizgintas and farmer, artist Lonna Nachtigal explore their rural Midwestern food community with lively discussion and good humor. On the DonnaLonna Kitchen show, their long-running and aw... more

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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

DonnaLonna Kitchen Show episodes:

August 29, 2024 111: Beans and Steve Cannon
All things beans with Steven Cannon, geneticist and researcher for USDA and Associate Professor in the ISU department of Agronomy. Steven talks about the wide range of plants in the legume family and shares the joy of gardening and cooking with beans.
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52min
August 08, 2024 110: Fresh Okra, Book review, Lovage Sauce
Celebrate summer and fresh food. Donna and Lonna talk about farmer's markets, ice cream, tomatillos, eggplant. okra and lovage. Donna talks about Dicamba on our farm fields. Lonna reviews a good book: The Whole Okra by Chris Smith. And a good lovage sauce recipe to go with all your summer veggies.
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48min
August 01, 2024 109: Tomatoes and More Garden
We taste a homemade Nocino (a black walnut liqueur). Tomatoes: so much to celebrate, so many varieties... seed saving, growing, harvesting, eating and processing for later. We talk about oven-candied tomatoes, gazpacho, green beans and an easy pickle recipe. Donna shares some news about PFA's. And we have fun with the list of new foods coming up at the Iowa State Fair.
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52min
July 25, 2024 108: Drinks, Carrots, Recipes and Elderberries
Hydrate! Donna talks about herbal drinks, watermelon, infusions, syrups, and mocktails. Lonna talks about carrot cake and the history of the carrot and the color orange. And we consider the elderberry.
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49min
July 18, 2024 107: Iowa's Water Quality and Quantity
Who is taking care of our water? Carolyn Raffensperger joins us to talk about the quality, quantity, and the speed with which water moves through our state. Nitrate levels are at an all time high in our rivers. Agriculture and industry are putting extreme demands on our water resources. Is anyone keeping track of the common good?
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51min
July 11, 2024 106: Chickens with Cynthia McClure
We take a light hearted look at backyard poultry with Cynthia McClure. Cynthia reports on her visit to the first ever Murray McMurray Chicken Festival, held in Webster City, Iowa. We talk about chickens, ducks, guinea hens and eggs. Cynthia shares her recipe for salt-preserved egg yolks.
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51min
July 04, 2024 105: Blueberries with Kim Anderson
Kim Anderson has a way with blueberries. We talk about growing, managing and marketing at the organic, U-pick - Blueberry Bottom Farm in Brighton, Iowa. Kim talks about the challenges of local wildlife, her enthusiastic customers and the growing demand for her berries. We also talk about recipes and her PFI field day in July.
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51min
June 20, 2024 103: Healthy Iowa Food Systems with Kamyar Enshayan
Knowing what to eat is a tricky business. How do we learn to eat healthy food? Donna and Lonna are joined by Kamyar Enshayan, Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Education at University of Northern Iowa. We explore the latest cancer study data for Iowa. We discuss Ultra Processed Food and health consequences of being able to access good food. Kamyar talks about the positive development of Iowa Food Systems and local action like the Garden in Every Lot project in Waterloo.
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52min
June 17, 2024 102: Recipe Review, Banjos, Kismet Recipe Book, Garden, Lime Pie, Wild Greens
A review of a Rhubarb Upsidedown Cake recipe, thoughts on banjos, groundhogs, gardens and Lime Pie. Donna reviews Kismet, a new recipe book... and we explore edible wild spring greens.
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45min
June 13, 2024 101: Fire in the Kitchen, a History with Nick Land
How did humans figure out how to cook with fire? We talk to historian and grass fed meat marketer, Nick Land about the evolution of cooking, human development, the open hearth, the invention of matches, Henry Ford and charcoal briquets. And Nick talks about grilling techniques for grass fed meat.
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52min

FAQs about DonnaLonna Kitchen Show:

How many episodes does DonnaLonna Kitchen Show have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.