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Mark Munger remembers Lupe Carrillo Torres, who died October 17, 2026, by revisiting a 2024 recording in her kitchen at La Fogata. With her daughter Mayra Aguilar translating, Lupe shared her tamale recipe and memories of learning to cook alongside her mother at age seven.

News of the day from Siouxland Public Media's Sheila Brummer

It's 1944. Otto Steinke is too old to be drafted, his son just a few months too young. Besides, both are needed because the Allied cause requires…

We talk about the culinary traditions of Easter and Passover on this an informative and entertaining edition of Food For Thought. Chef Gasaway talks about…

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Did you know thanks to the local food movement, a whole new generation has taken an interest in canning and food preservation. What’s old is new again,…

Linda Scheid from the Food Bank of Siouxland stops by to talk about their Empty Bowls event where you can have a nice bowl of soup and leave with your own…

The shrimp are big at the Sioux City Art Center's annual event ARTilicious. Really. They are "we're gonna need a bigger boat" big. Even bigger is the fun,…

SPM’s Gretchen Gondek speaks with Chef Brett McCarthy, director of the WITCC Culinary Arts Program, about grilling ideas for the 4th of July. He suggests…