Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Miller, Amanda

Lettuce Eat Local: Getting A Cold Shoulder

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local   It happens every year, and every year, I am unprepared. The cold. It comes. It doesn’t come quite like clockwork, more like axial-tilt-work...

Lettuce Eat Local: Tomato Juice For The Soul

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local   I don’t think Grandpa ever made me any food. Not because he was a terribly mean grandparent withholding sustenance from me, but...

Lettuce Eat Local: Purple-sicle Time

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local The oblivion of little children can be astonishing. How many times have we all had a kid wailing in mortal sorrow...

Lettuce Eat Local: All’s Fair In The Fair

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local It was just past noon, and though the laws of time don’t apply in standard fashion in the fair, it seemed...

Lettuce Eat Local: To Be Fair, The Fair Is Memorable

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local I’m sure it took many days to clean up just the basics of the 2024 Kansas State Fair, with clusters of...

Lettuce Eat Local: Another Melon Thoughts About Watermelon

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local Isn’t it a great feeling to have a really good idea pop into your brain? A literal lightbulb doesn’t materialize over...

Lettuce Eat Local: One Of The Melon Reasons To Love

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local “Always buy the watermelon.” The podcast host I was listening to was sharing a collection of listeners’ advice and tips for summer,...

Lettuce Eat Local: It’s Snack To School Time

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local All the pencils, crayons, and notebooks are on sale again — it must be time for school to start again. Backpacks...