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.

I have always had a love for German foods and enjoy the recipes and foods that come out of Altenburg and surrounding areas. One such food is the German-Russian bierock, or runza. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington Post food writer Tim Carman casually mentioned the Midwestern staple just as the two of us began plowing through a Kenyan feast of grilled meats, saucy vegetables and oven-fresh baked goods ...