Tag: food
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Rancho Gordo Heirloom Yellow Eye Beans
I am enchanted by these Rancho Gordo Heirloom Yellow Eye Beans that I bought at The Better Cheddar on the Plaza. I was first introduced to Rancho Gordo beans last summer when Tony Glamcevski, event and tour manager at Green Dirt Farm (read about my visit), and artist/curator Marcus Cain hosted a dinner in their…
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KC Magazine January 2012 Annual Food Issue/Comfort Food
The act of eating food for comfort is a means to an end—gaining strength and hope or finding relief, solace or well-being. That’s a lot to ask from a slice of Grandma’s apple pie. Yet, we crave certain foods in moments of need or when we want to recapture a feeling or memory. Comfort food…
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Shang Tea
Zehua Shang, owner of Shang Tea located in Crown Center. He’s inhaling the aroma of fresh steeped white tea. Shang’s line of organic white teas originate from his tea fields in Fujian Province, China. While researching an upcoming story, I spent an afternoon with him talking about tea and drinking many cups of his special…
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Bonjwing Lee, co-author of bluestem, the cookbook
Food writer (Ulterior Epicure) and photographer Bonjwing Lee co-authored bluestem, the cookbook, with bluestem restaurant co-owners and chefs Colby and Megan Garrelts. The cookbook, published by Andrews McMeel, will be released in November 2011. Below, Lee answers questions about the development of the cookbook and his role. After the interview, look for information on upcoming…
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Pilgrimage
Written November 2000. I did not want to spend Thanksgiving alone this year. My family lived in Kansas City and would enjoy Thai food and turkey without me for the first time in over thirty years. I had decided to remain in New England during my graduate school break since I planned on…
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Kansas City’s Food Deserts
In many places throughout the United States, it is more difficult to buy an apple than french fries if you live in a “food desert.” Several counties in the greater Kansas City are home to such food deserts. Huge swaths of the U.S. population have little access to affordable and nutritious food. A new online…
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Asian Market Excursion in Kansas City
The spicy bite of red curry paste, the taste of sweet roasted coconut juice, the fragrant licorice scent of Thai basil, these ingredients draw me out of winter’s clutch, away from a snowy suburb in south Kansas City to Thailand. I don’t board a plane for my getaway. Instead, I navigate icy roads to Kim…
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Jim Chappell: A Good Sport and Great Scholar
Seated at a table, Jim Chappell opens a book of poetry and begins to read in a deep baritone. His finger scans the lines like a narrow spotlight illuminating the page. His voice warms to the words and revels in the rhythm and alliteration. The periphery of the room melts away, the banter of voices…
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Mark Winne, Food Policy Expert
Food policy expert Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, gave a presentation called The Ugly Underbelly of the American Food System in 2008 at the Kansas City Central Library. Winne also helped KC Healthy Kids with the KC Healthy Food Policy Initiative. The Food Policy Initiative is working to educate people about the…