PEORIA MAGAZINE April 2023

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Letter from the Editor	7
Seed and Soil: This Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Tractor	8
Dish and Drink: Noma, as I Knew It	12
Dish and Drink: What’s Cookin’ - Carrot Feta Tart	14
Dish and Drink: Cocktail Class - The Murders in the Rue Barb	17
Mom and Pop: The Cutting Edge	18
The Writing Robots	22
The Sk-Eye Liner is The Limit	24
The Stuff of Sci-Fi	28
Setting The Table For Innovation	30
A Virtuous Business Model	34
Meet ‘Dr. Voz’	38
The ‘Beacon’ on Berkeley Avenue	42
The Future of Medicine	47
Start Your Innovation Engines!	48
‘We’ve Been Blessed, and You Need to Share Your Blessings’	50
Playing in Peoria: Introducing Mark Plunkett & The Heartmenders	54
ArtsPartners Calendar	58
Central Illinois’ Own Caped Crusader	62
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200	64
WordCount Commentary: Read Outside Your Comfort Zone	66
WordCount Commentary: A Q&A with Author James Klise	68
Hometown: ‘Out With the Old, In With The New’	72
EconCorner: Anton Ivanov, assistant professor of business administration at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	76
Peoria Retro: ‘The Peoria Watch’	80
Peoria Retro: ‘The Symphony of Flight … Conducted From An Octave Below	84
‘Democracy Needs a Shot in the Arm’	86
No Hocus in This POCUS	90
Launching Pad: It’s Not Easy Being Mean	92
Launching Pad: Be Like Lincoln	94
Peorians Have it Pretty Darn Good	96
Twenty Something Commentary: A Date Night Cheat Sheet for Peoria	99
The Art of Managing ‘Prickly People’	100
Out & About	102
In Brief	108
One More Thing: True to the End	110
Thank You, Advertisers	112

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