I meant to cull through my notes to come up with tidbits that didn’t make it into today’s Kansas City Star article. I really did. But for once, I really feel the best stuff went into the paper. My gracious editor, Jill Silva, didn’t make me cut an inch. So, rather than recap, I’ve just… Continue Reading
Boulevard Chocolate Ale may be this year’s prestige Valentine’s gift. Not because it’s expensive—at around $10 a bottle, it isn’t. Rather, it was impossible to find. I wish I could crow about my own wily strategy in procuring a single bottle, but, truth is, I just got lucky. Now, I’m not writing all this to… Continue Reading
“Think global, support local. That’s where the soul is,” says Craig Adcock, owner of Jude’s Kansas City Rum Cake and Belly Up Bar-B-Que, a gourmet barbecue and grilling catering company. You should certainly think about supporting his rum cake (read more about it in today’s Kansas City Star). Adcock’s rum cake is a humble thing… Continue Reading
Drinking was front-page news in Sunday’s Kansas City Star after Eric Adler spent a night at a sobriety checkpoint at 4040 Main. He described a parade of 17 Halloween partiers, including a sexy pirate, a fishnet-stockinged police officer and the Queen of Hearts, arrested for driving drunk. The character who struck me most, however, was… Continue Reading
Every kid has a favorite cookie. Mine were Mom’s coco-mint sandwiches, thin chocolate wafers layered with green, minty frosting that tasted better than any Oreo. The recipe calls for peppermint oil and green food color in the filling, but a teaspoon of crème de menthe works just as well. Why substitute alcohol for the more… Continue Reading