Kansas culinary wonders. Know any? If so, nominate them for inveterate Kansas promoter Marci Penner’s Eight Wonders of Kansas Cuisine competition. I’ll bet the eventual winners will include the Hays House (Council Grove), Brookville Hotel (Abilene) and Anchor Inn (Hutchinson; no website that I could find, but Keith Stokes’ site will work). What do you [...]
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Feeding on local food. Pitch blogger Owen Morris gives an update on local foods in the Kansas City area as discussed at a forum last week with headliner Marion Nestle. In brief: KC is rocking. (Fat City) ‘Natural’ Wonder bread. Interstate Bakeries, the KC-based maker of that all-American squishy bread, Wonder, emerges from bankruptcy and [...]
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Food volunteers. The Douglas County Extension office is offering Master Food Volunteer classes starting Feb. 12. The cost is relatively modest ($75) for the 40-hour training, and 40 hours of volunteer service is required as part of the deal. If you have any experience with the classes, let us know what you thought. (Lawrence Journal-World) [...]
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This roundup has a definite Kansas City and book bent. On the menu. Maybe you remember seeing photos from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats on the Time magazine website. Now you can see the photos in person at the Kansas City Public Library through Jan. 18. (KC Public Library) Food maven from [...]
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I’m so behind in so many things, but here, nevertheless, are some updates as some items of interest. Of course, I haven’t read my RSS feeds in days, but I’m doing what I can. Updates Perhaps you remember the following items from a couple of weeks ago: Meryl makes a good case for me to [...]
A big week for food fans is shaping up here in Lawrence, and there are other items of interest, too. Read on… Put these activities on your schedules: Friday, Oct. 3: Chef Kurt Michael Friese will speak and sign his book, A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland at KU. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. [...]
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