It’s autumn in Kansas, a time when thoughts turn to pumpkin patches, steamy apple cider, corn mazes, and crisp air. Oh, and those heavenly little meat pies stuffed with ground beef, cabbage, onions ...

Ian Spomer, Lawrence, stands beside a fresh batch of bierocks. The meat pastries are a significant part of Kansas’ culinary heritage. They’re usually filled with cooked ground meat, onion and cabbage.

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette. Have you ever had a bierock? Or maybe you know them by their Nebraskan name -- runza. Or perhaps as krautrunza ...

Bierocks are a very Kansas delicacy — a meat-and-cabbage filled pastry brought to the plains by the Volga Germans. The recent opening of Bierocks, Brats n' BBQ in Delano makes three local restaurants ...

The hand-held meat pie has a worldwide history. The British serve Cornish pasties, while empanadas are found throughout Central and South America. Eastern Europeans have bierocks, and Italians are ...

My computer isn’t compatible with the one used by the newspaper; however, the one in my son Doug’s room works just fine. So each week I use his to enter my column. With me not being computer literate, ...

The coffee shop space at 2615 W. 13th St. has been vacant since June, when its most recent owners shut it down. But starting this week, the shop will once again be serving the coffee drinks and ...

These German Bierocks take a little bit of time but are worth the effort. The hardest part is waiting for the fresh bread ...

Oktoberfest season has returned, and over the coming weeks, locals will be able to find places where lederhosen and polka music will be the norm. Several restaurants, bars and venues put on big ...