Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two ...

Have you heard? Maid-Rite's American classics now are trans-fat-free. For about four months, Maid-Rite has been using Asoyia trans-fat-free soybean oil, made from specially bred Midwest soybeans, to ...

Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you're just curious about? Email ...