Iowans have been fortunate to celebrate and experience Asian and Pacific Islander culture at an annual festival in Des Moines since 2003 after the formation of the Iowa Asian Alliance in 2002.
Hi Jane. My name is Brent Cunningham, I'm the executive editor of the Food & Environment Reporting Network. We're soliciting pitches for possible inclusion in an upcoming package with Eater, and I wondered if you would be interest in submitting something? Here is the information from Eater, but ideally we would move this conversation to email. If you want to reach out to brent@thefern.org.
"In recent years, the Eater team has produced a series of guides to various states and regions of the U.S. (most recently the Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska, and Texas). Now we’re tackling the Heartland. We’re looking for writers to lend their local expertise and experience to the guide. I’m reaching out to see if you might have any story ideas that could be a good fit.
Stories will focus on unique aspects of regional foodways in a loose geographic area: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indigenous lands in that region. But don’t be disappointed if you’ve got a great story about Colorado or Minnesota. We’re not following a strict geographic designation. The Heartland is a place, but it’s also an idea that transcends borders (as well as ideologies, political parties, identities, and lifestyles). Part travel guide, part foodways exploration, part cultural deep-dive, Eater’s Guide to the Heartland will showcase the cuisines of a region that is chronically overlooked in the food world, celebrating the people and restaurants that define — and continue to redefine — the geographic, cultural, and emotional center of the U.S. We’re looking for a mix of longform features, personal essays, illustrated stories, profiles, and explainers. Think: A look at the legacy of Iowa’s taco pizza in the state’s first majority-Mexican town, an ode to the chili and cinnamon rolls that have filled Kansas’s school lunch trays since the Dust Bowl, a report about Montana restaurants fighting Yellowstone gentrification, or a deep dive into how Walmart shaped the dining scene in Bentonville, Arkansas. In the end we’ll publish between 6 and 8 new and evergreen stories."
Hi Jane. My name is Brent Cunningham, I'm the executive editor of the Food & Environment Reporting Network. We're soliciting pitches for possible inclusion in an upcoming package with Eater, and I wondered if you would be interest in submitting something? Here is the information from Eater, but ideally we would move this conversation to email. If you want to reach out to brent@thefern.org.
"In recent years, the Eater team has produced a series of guides to various states and regions of the U.S. (most recently the Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska, and Texas). Now we’re tackling the Heartland. We’re looking for writers to lend their local expertise and experience to the guide. I’m reaching out to see if you might have any story ideas that could be a good fit.
Stories will focus on unique aspects of regional foodways in a loose geographic area: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indigenous lands in that region. But don’t be disappointed if you’ve got a great story about Colorado or Minnesota. We’re not following a strict geographic designation. The Heartland is a place, but it’s also an idea that transcends borders (as well as ideologies, political parties, identities, and lifestyles). Part travel guide, part foodways exploration, part cultural deep-dive, Eater’s Guide to the Heartland will showcase the cuisines of a region that is chronically overlooked in the food world, celebrating the people and restaurants that define — and continue to redefine — the geographic, cultural, and emotional center of the U.S. We’re looking for a mix of longform features, personal essays, illustrated stories, profiles, and explainers. Think: A look at the legacy of Iowa’s taco pizza in the state’s first majority-Mexican town, an ode to the chili and cinnamon rolls that have filled Kansas’s school lunch trays since the Dust Bowl, a report about Montana restaurants fighting Yellowstone gentrification, or a deep dive into how Walmart shaped the dining scene in Bentonville, Arkansas. In the end we’ll publish between 6 and 8 new and evergreen stories."
Thank you. I will be in touch.