About this Podcast:
Chef Donna Prizgintas and farmer, artist Lonna Nachtigal explore their rural Midwestern food community with lively discussion and good humor. On the DonnaLonna Kitchen show, their long-running and award-winning radio production turned podcast, the ladies talk about food, farming, recipes, and also offer listeners their advice and opinions. Local and nationally known guests join Donna and Lonna around the kitchen table to discuss how farmers grow our food, what is nourishing and healthy, and what tastes good in which season. Chef Donna and Farmer Lonna are here to encourage simple home cooking.
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What is DonnaLonna Kitchen Show about?
Chef Donna Prizgintas and farmer, artist Lonna Nachtigal explore their rural Midwestern food community with lively discussion and good humor. On the DonnaLonna Kitchen show, their long-running and award-winning radio production turned podcast, the ladies talk about food, farming, recipes, and also offer listeners their advice and opinions.
What has DonnaLonna Kitchen Show covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Return of Donna Lonna Kitchen!" (11 November 2025, 57 minutes), "A Visit to Dot, Turkey" (19 November 2024, 53 minutes), and "Books - Fat,Bones,Bitter,Candy,Fruit" (12 November 2024, 49 minutes).
How often does DonnaLonna Kitchen Show publish?
DonnaLonna Kitchen Show publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 121 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on DonnaLonna Kitchen Show?
Booking probability for DonnaLonna Kitchen Show is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. DonnaLonna Kitchen Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. DonnaLonna Kitchen Show's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch DonnaLonna Kitchen Show?
The strongest fits for DonnaLonna Kitchen Show are Other Crop Farming. DonnaLonna Kitchen Show has an arts audience.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #122
A Visit to Dot, Turkey
Nov 19, 202453 minS85Donna and Lonna visit the Dot Cafe for lunch. Farmer Rob Faux shares some good turkey tales and talks about raising birds organically on pasture.
Episode #121
Books - Fat,Bones,Bitter,Candy,Fruit
Nov 12, 202449 minS85Recipes and inspiration from food book authors: Jennifer McLagan, Camilla Wynne, and Nigel Slater.
Episode #119
Bird Flu, Night Sky
Oct 29, 202454 minS85Very small things and very big things. The KHOI Science Bytes guys, Mike Meetz and Sam Wormley join us to talk about microbes, pandemics, food safety, asteriods, the moons of Jupiter, comets, and daylight saving time.
Episode #118
Potatoes and Onions
Oct 29, 202455 minS85We talk about the many joys of potatoes and onions. Varieties and recipes. We talk about cooking fat, an Onion Rabbit recipe, Leek and Apple Salad, Onion jam, and Sauerkraut Tart.
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Episode #117
The Business of Lockwood Cafe
Oct 28, 202452 minS85Lockwood Cafe is a local treasure on the northwest edge of Ames, Iowa - located in a repurposed grain elevator. We talk to Sharon Stewart about the Cafe's startup, how she keeps it running and the application of...
Episode #116
Farming with Nick Wallace
Oct 28, 202453 minS85We talk with farmer Nick Wallace about making the most out of a small acreage. Beef, honey and more.
Episode #115
115: Michael Perry
Oct 3, 202455 minS1Michael Perry is an accidental New York Times bestselling author, humorist, musician and amateur snowplow driver from New Auburn, Wisconsin. His work includes Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, Montaigne in Barn...
Episode #86
114: Cinnamon and More Food
Sep 26, 202450 minS1Lead found in cinnamon. Donna talks about the latest news. And we talk about apples, an applesauce poem by Ted Kooser, we consider the many kitchen variations on fruit jam, pumpkin peel research, an apple limerick, and...
Episode #86
113: Culinary School
Sep 20, 202451 minS1Jacob Travesette shares his food adventures from growing up in Ames, Iowa to attending the Hoffman Institute - a highly acclaimed, Michelin starred culinary school in Barcelona, Spain. Donna and Jacob compare notes...
Sep 5, 202444 minS1Donna shares thoughts of work and household chores. Lonna makes a strange but tasty recipe: Okra Marshmallow Delights. How do we chew, taste, and digest our food? We explore mastication and the wide world of bitters.
Episode #86
111: Beans and Steve Cannon
Aug 29, 202452 minS1All things beans with Steven Cannon, geneticist and researcher for USDA and Associate Professor in the ISU department of Agronomy. Steven talks about the wide range of plants in the legume family and shares the joy of...
Episode #86
110: Fresh Okra, Book review, Lovage Sauce
Aug 8, 202448 minS1Celebrate summer and fresh food. Donna and Lonna talk about farmer's markets, ice cream, tomatillos, eggplant. okra and lovage. Donna talks about Dicamba on our farm fields. Lonna reviews a good book: The Whole Okra by...
Episode #86
109: Tomatoes and More Garden
Aug 1, 202451 minS1We taste a homemade Nocino (a black walnut liqueur). Tomatoes: so much to celebrate, so many varieties... seed saving, growing, harvesting, eating and processing for later. We talk about oven-candied tomatoes, gazpacho...
Jul 25, 202449 minS1Hydrate! Donna talks about herbal drinks, watermelon, infusions, syrups, and mocktails. Lonna talks about carrot cake and the history of the carrot and the color orange. And we consider the elderberry.
Episode #86
107: Iowa's Water Quality and Quantity
Jul 18, 202451 minS1Who is taking care of our water? Carolyn Raffensperger joins us to talk about the quality, quantity, and the speed with which water moves through our state. Nitrate levels are at an all time high in our rivers...
Episode #106
106: Chickens with Cynthia McClure
Jul 11, 202451 minS1We take a light hearted look at backyard poultry with Cynthia McClure. Cynthia reports on her visit to the first ever Murray McMurray Chicken Festival, held in Webster City, Iowa. We talk about chickens, ducks, guinea...
Episode #86
105: Blueberries with Kim Anderson
Jul 4, 202450 minS1Kim Anderson has a way with blueberries. We talk about growing, managing and marketing at the organic, U-pick - Blueberry Bottom Farm in Brighton, Iowa. Kim talks about the challenges of local wildlife, her enthusiastic...
Jun 20, 202451 minS1Knowing what to eat is a tricky business. How do we learn to eat healthy food? Donna and Lonna are joined by Kamyar Enshayan, Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Education at University of Northern Iowa...
- Jun 17, 202445 minS1
A review of a Rhubarb Upsidedown Cake recipe, thoughts on banjos, groundhogs, gardens and Lime Pie. Donna reviews Kismet, a new recipe book... and we explore edible wild spring greens.
Recent guests
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Sharon Stewart
Laughter Yoga Teacher and Trainer, Circle Sanctuary
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Nick Wallace
Co-Founder & Chief Farmer, Nick Wallace Culinary
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Michael Perry
former Assistant Commissioner of State Lands, South Central baseball coach
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Kim Anderson
professor from the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at OSU, Kim Anderson Sport Fishing Charters
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