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Bavaria in Idaho, Every Fall

Steins, schnitzel, and a lineup of festivals worth circling, the Treasure Valley's Oktoberfest season is here Article by Jana Kemp | Photography by Oktoberfest Old Boise, Meridian Oktoberfest It begins, as most great things do, with a party that got out of hand. In October 1810, Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen and invited the citizens of Munich to celebrate on the fields outside the city gates. The horse races, the food, the beer -- it went so...

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Downtown, Reimagined and Alive

Meridian's downtown didn't happen by accident, it grew one project at a time Article by Tammy de Weerd | Photography by Tammy de Weerd + Provided Music spills into the streets. There is a tangible energy. People take their time, discovering restaurants and businesses they may have driven past dozens of times. For a day, downtown Meridian feels like somewhere you simply want to be. When Meridian’s Oktoberfest debuted in 2022, organizers hoped 3,000 or 4,000 people might attend. An estimated...

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The Last Great Grill Night of Fall

The berry everyone buys at the farmers market has a second life, and it starts with a hot grill. Article by Tara Bruner | Photography by Provided Every September, the same thing happens. Someone shows up at the farmers market with a flat of huckleberries and the line forms immediately. People buy more than they need, take them home, and make pancakes. Maybe jam. Maybe a cobbler if they're feeling ambitious. And then the season ends and they wait for next year. Here's what most home cooks...

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Four Generations, One Corn Stand

Picked and sold the same day, gone by early afternoon, this is Nampa's most reliable summer tradition Article by Jordan Gray | Photography by Jordan Gray, Candy Simpson There’s no denying the simple summertime pleasure of a fresh ear of sweet corn. And for more than three decades, Candy and Ed Simpson have been supplying that pleasure in bags by the dozen. What started as a simple way for their three children (and then thirteen grandchildren) to earn college money has grown through the years...