Three Restaurants Worth Driving to Ames For
Cookbook author/food-memoir writer Joe Geha and his wife Fern Kupfer are longtime Ames dwellers. Here, they share their top picks for dining in their neck of the woods.
Wini’s Note: Writers Fern Kupfer and Joe Geha pen a wonderful Substack. Simply called Fern and Joe, it offers insights on important topics, but always with humor and a dash of quirkiness. Aside from being thoughtful commentators on the state of our state and world (and accomplished fiction and nonfiction authors), Fern and Joe are experts on the food scene in Ames. They dine out often. And, as I told you a few days ago, Joe has written a wonderful food memoir/cookbook, Kitchen Arabic: How My Family Came to America and the Recipes We Brought with Us. In case you missed my write up, be sure to check it out from last Monday’s column.
Joe is my favorite kind of foodie—someone who cooks and loves great food, but also has plenty of affection for low-brow specialties, too. You’ll see!
PS: I’ve been wanting to head up to Ames for a visit to the Reiman Gardens while their current exhibition, Glass In Flight is on (through October 8). I’m thinking of combi…