The ninth edition of Little Village’s annual Bread & Butter magazine spotlights interesting eateries in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Ames, Dubuque, Waterloo, the Quad Cities and other food hubs in eastern and central Iowa. Whether you’re craving a sun-drenched patio, a bite on the fly or a never-before-tasted fusion dish served by an award-winning chef, you can find it in these pages. Along with restaurant recommendations, B&B 2024 takes a bite out of the Bing, Iowa City’s new favorite street food, introduced by a pair of creative culinary cousins. We also get a peek into the meticulous, fast-paced art of food styling from a Des Moines pro; meet the misfit family of goats, pigs, cows, turkeys and more that call the Iowa Farm Sanctuary home; and dig into a combination restaurant/urban farm in Dubuque that's finding clever ways to feed hundreds of locals for free every week. Plus: How three roughly century-old Iowa snack foods — Jolly Time popcorn, Sterzing’s potato chips and Twin Bings — came to be.
