By Emily Brocker You’ve heard of fried green tomatoes, but have you heard of Big Green Tomato? Located on an acreage outside of Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, Big Green Tomato is a business centered around the love of real, good food. Founder Michelle Moyes Dill describes the business as a “growing adventure around food.” Through Big Green Tomato’s three … Read moreReal Fun with Real Food, Big Green Tomato
By DR Brown After a five-year stint working at fine dining establishments in San Francisco, husband and wife team Colin and Jessica Duggan returned to their Omaha roots this past October. Since then, they have been busy translating fine dining quality, techniques and philosophies into a new restaurant concept sure to please. According to Colin, “Our goal is to bring back the time-honored tradition of eating healthy foods at … Read moreSlow Food Fast, Kitchen Table
By Summer Miller I sat down at The Berry and Rye, a craft cocktail bar located at 11th and Howard in Omaha’s Old Market, on a lazy, cool Sunday afternoon. It was obvious to me that this place is different. The bartenders are dressed in vests and ties typical of mixologists in fine dining establishments—not … Read moreOmaha’s Next Big Thing, The Berry and Rye
Story and Photo by Emily Brocker Omaha isn’t known for its green and fit forms of public transportation. But thanks to Omaha B-cycle and with the help of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska’s generous resources, we’re on a path to change that. If you’ve been to Aksarben Village or on the University of … Read moreBringing Fun (and Green) to Town, Omaha’s Blue B-cycle
Small Potatoes.Co By Emily Beck Local gardeners and their produce hungry neighbors are being brought together through Small Potatoes, a recently launched website that works a lot like Craigslist. With roots at last September’s Startup Weekend Omaha (an event where local masterminds gather to create companies in a mere 54 hours), the concept and … Read moreEXCESS PRODUCE CONNECTS GARDENERS AND NEIGHBORS
STICK & STONE BRICK OVEN BAKERY By Emily Brocker David Bryan, owner of Omaha’s Stick & Stone Brick Oven Bakery, has always had a passion for food—baking, cooking and creating it. It was this passion that led him to attend the Institute for the Culinary Arts (ICA) at Metropolitan Community College. David and some other … Read moreMAKING BREAD REAL AGAIN
Omaha Public Library Summer Reading Program By Emily Brocker You may not typically associate gardening with a trip to the library, but the Omaha Public Library plans to change that with the 2013 Summer Reading Program, presented by Cox Communications. This year, the library’s program and workshops focus on getting in touch with your … Read moreBOOKWORMS TO EARTHWORMS
Common Soil Seed Library By Emily Brocker Are you a gardener who’s interested in trying out a new fruit, vegetable or herb this year? Or have you fondly looked back on a past year’s tasty tomato crop or perfect patch of pumpkins and wished you could replicate that same success? Did you know that … Read moreSEEDS OF TODAY = SEEDS FOR TOMMORROW