Written by Melissa Sewell / photo by James Hernandez Frozen custard actually doesn’t have anything to do with custard. It’s just ice cream, plus eggs, a touch more cream. However simple, the effect is lovely. Frozen custard is creamier than ice cream, softer and melts more slowly. Unlike ice cream, frozen custard doesn’t ship or [...]

Written by Mike Montano, photo by Matt Porubsky Every city should have that one pizza joint where you can go in for a single slice or with a group of friends for a pizza and a beer. Topeka has waited long enough and Via’s Pizzeria is the perfect stop to enjoy some gourmet-style pizza since [...]

Calorie ridden food, beware. This menu proc might be a little painful for you. Harold’s Prize Package, located at 6th and Locust, is a quaint takeout eatery about the size of a large living room. Size aside, Prize Package has one of the best burgers in town. Made to order, with or with out all the [...]

So, there are a billion Mexican restaurants in Topeka. Okay, maybe that’s a high estimate, but still, if you want to eat a mess of beans, cheese, guacamole, salsa and/or meat, you probably already have your tried-and-true handful of favorite Mexican joints to choose from. But don’t neglect to add Tacos El Sol to that [...]

You no longer have the contingency of having to wait at the train crossing to get to C.W. Porubsky’s Deli, so there is no excuse not to make it for lunch regularly, not to mention that as of October 1, it’s chili season. Porubsky’s chili starts on a small gas stove behind the ages old [...]

When I was a newlywed and searching for an hors d’oeuvre to complete the four course dinner I was serving my husband, as I did every night, I ran across this recipe. I was looking for shrimp puffs, little soufflé like bites, when I found a recipe for “crab puffs”. One look at the recipe [...]