Sean Dengler
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Love It Or Hate It: The History Of Candy Corn
Some people love it. Some people hate it. It is time to talk about the true enigma of Halloween sweets: candy corn. Whether it is the yellow part, the orange part, or the white part, no one knows what this candy tastes like. It looks like corn, and this is where the similarities end. Before…
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What It’s Like To Try Out For The Iowa Wolves Basketball Team
I love basketball, whether playing or watching. I played it from grade school to high school, and I averaged a whopping 1.7 points a game during my senior year. My basketball prime came at the University of Northern Iowa when I played a lot of pickup basketball, I won the C-League basketball championship, and I…
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6 Fall Beers You Should Consider Trying
There is a reason for the fall season: Beer. Gone are the light beers enjoyed while baking under a 90-degree sun accompanied by 90% humidity. It is time to cleanse the palette and enjoy Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers. Before you show up on my doorstep with pitchforks in hand over my review, I will state…
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Five Iowa Popcorn Businesses You May Not Know About
Corn is king in Iowa. Look out any window or drive outside of the city, and it is the landscape. While it is used in a variety of products ranging from corn syrup to livestock feed to ethanol, another other important corn product is made in Iowa: Popcorn! Iowa is one of the nine states…
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What Are The Best Iowa Tailgate Foods? Allow Us To Tell You!
Iowans love to tailgate! Being outside on cool, fall Saturday mornings to support their Hawkeyes, Cyclones, Panthers, Bulldogs, or another favorite school is an always enjoyable activity plenty of us have taken part in. While there are numerous parts of a tailgate from playing bags or catch with a football to seeing who can shotgun…
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Five Restaurant Chains That Were Started In Iowa
Turns out, Iowa is home to a few homegrown food chains, some of which span across the country. From mouth-watering burgers and pizzas to fast-casual burritos, Iowa restaurateurs have done their part to feed the masses and it’s time we celebrate them! Here are the stories of five Iowa-based restaurant chains—and one honorary Iowa chain—and…
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We Tried ‘Em. Here’s Our Favorite New Iowa State Fair Foods
The smell of the animal barns and the onslaught of the tacky T-shirts and motorized scooters zipping through crowds could only mean one thing: I’m at the Iowa State Fair. My mission was simple, I wanted to try as many of the new state fair foods as my stomach handle. I also wanted to see…
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Ranking The New Iowa State Fair Foods We’re Excited To Try
Eating absurd and sometimes bizarre foods is a right of passage for people who attend the annual Iowa State Fair. Fortunately for us, this year’s vendors seem to have outdone themselves with their gluttonous creations and there are 53 new foods this year! The first day of the fair is Thursday, Aug. 11, and you…
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Power Ranking Iowa’s Gas Station Breakfast Pizzas
Gas station breakfast pizza is the immortal King of Breakfast in Iowa. For the longest time, Casey’s breakfast pizza has been the gold standard, but a slate of challengers have come for the crown in recent years. Many Iowans have debated if any of these new offerings match up with the state’s iconic slice. As…
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How To Get Three Meals for $30 In Warren County
Cheap food is a lifeline for college students and food writers. So it makes sense that Warren County—home of Simpson College in Indianola—offers plenty of affordable dining experiences! Don’t believe me? Then let me tell you how to get three meals for less than $30* in Warren County. *Note: I only ate at local restaurants,…
