By Cindy Hadish/for IowaWatch and Huffington Post Several times a week, Lou Stepanek drives to the Hiawatha Care Center in Iowa to spend time with someone who hasn’t seemed to recognize him for more than a decade: his wife. “We knew it was a fatal disease,” Lou, 88, a stoic retired police captain, said of […]
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Local foods banquet features chef from M...
Andy Deutmeyer isn’t your “typical” hospital cook. Deutmeyer was a chef and owner of Blend, a former upscale fusion restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids, before he took the chef’s job at Mercy Medical Center. Given the fabulous meals at Blend and Mercy’s focus on providing fresh and local foods, it’s fitting that Deutmeyer is the […]
“Live Healthy” at the Downtown Cedar Rap
Good food awaits at the Downtown Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids. This is the time of year when so many veggies are in season: beans, tomatoes, sweet corn, cucumbers and the list goes on and on. Expect to find all of that produce and more this Saturday in downtown Cedar Rapids as well as at […]