{"id":197946,"date":"2024-05-23T10:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/?page_id=197946"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:44:52","slug":"wide-open-table","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/wide-open-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Open Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-82.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202352\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Wide Open Table is a bi-monthly Montana Free Press column on all things food and cooking. 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