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Whoopie pies (from left): Lemon With Coconut, Chocolate with Strawberry and Red Velvet With Cream Cheese.

Tammy Ljungblad | The Kansas City Star

Whoopie pies (from left): Lemon With Coconut, Chocolate with Strawberry and Red Velvet With Cream Cheese.

Valentine’s Day is the time for makin’ whoopie (pies)

Feb 7, 7:11 PM

It’s the right time of year for baking whoopie. If I have made you blush, rest assured what follows is a strictly G-rated affair. Whoopie pies are an all-American baked good that looks like a puffed-up sandwich cookie but tastes more like a cupcake. Think cake with frosting that doesn’t get all over everything.

Cooking 101 | Spectacular Frangipane Cake is worthy of special occasions

Feb 7, 5:36 PM

Remember when Valentine’s Day meant a celebration at school, complete with your favorite sweets and a box full of cards from your classmates? Re-create that feeling with a Valentine’s weekend dessert gathering for friends, featuring this show-stopping confection, Frangipane Cake With Chocolate Mousse.

Star Magazine

A map in the window of Gallup Map Co. draws the attention of David Torres of Springfield on a recent First Friday.

Allison Long | The Kansas City Star

A map in the window of Gallup Map Co. draws the attention of David Torres of Springfield on a recent First Friday.

KC’s Gallup Map Co. finds a new path in a GPS world

Feb 4, 8:07 PM

In hindsight, a city bus crashing through the back wall of Gallup Map Co. in 2004 probably saved Patrick Carroll's store from extinction. While clearing the attic, Carroll found several dusty boxes full of hand-drawn maps from the 1900s through the 1940s, and those artifacts saved the company when GPS and the construction decline decimated demand for its main product, the Gallup Kansas City Street Atlas.

The Mag Interview | Casey Habluetzel dives right into a championship

Feb 4, 7:02 PM

National champion skydiver Casey Habluetzel, 21, of Olathe is a senior at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hableutzel, together with teammate Josh Moore of Denton, Texas, recently won two gold medals for free flying at the United States Parachute Association Nationals.

House + Home

Cherry Star stands out for its snappy pink and yellow variegated flowers, heat tolerance and nonstop bloom.

Cherry Star stands out for its snappy pink and yellow variegated flowers, heat tolerance and nonstop bloom.

Trade show gives home gardeners a glimpse of vibrant things to come

Feb 4, 11:09 PM

The spotlight in garden shops this year is on color — including easy, long-lasting blooms, bright, healthy vegetables and great native plants. If you dream in color, your dreams are about to come true: This year’s garden is going to be splashed with every color in the rainbow.

The keys to piano care: biannual tunings, climate-control and regular cleaning

Feb 4, 11:06 PM

The change in the weather can conspire against not only your comfort level, but your piano, too. Luckily, this season is a great time to get your piano in good shape.

Mom2Mom

You mean, my kids aren't me in miniature form?

Earlier this week my son said something that left my with jaw literally hanging open. Not figuratively. Literally."You know, mom," he said definitively and without reserve, "I like Star Wars a little more than Star Trek."Excuse me? Did I hear that right? I asked him to clarify, and he did. He meant what he said.Now, in order for...

Advice + Relationships

Jeneé Osterheldt

Help is in store for abuse victims

Through Our Children’s Lives, at 6709 W. 75th St. in Overland Park is not your average resale shop. Sure, you can go in and find some gems, but it’s more than a thrifter’s paradise. Danielle Taylor, her sister Andrea and mother, B.J., run the store with the purpose of helping survivors of domestic violence.

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Faith

Grand Avenue Temple celebrates centennial, continuing evolution

Feb 7, 10:31 PM

The exterior of the Grand Avenue Temple reveals a long, hard life. Although it has come close many times, the 100-year-old church refused to die. Instead, the church, at Ninth Street and Grand Boulevard, found a way to adjust to the times and remain relevant and committed to downtown long after other churches left.

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Mary Lou Nolan Lifestyle and Star Magazine

Mary Lou Nolan is assistant managing editor for features, overseeing The Star’s lifestyle and entertainment coverage, and the editor of Star Magazine. She is former president of the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.

Keith Robison Lifestyle and features online

Keith Robison, deputy features editor, studied journalism at the University of Kansas. His work at The Star includes overseeing features content and presentation on kansascity.com and editing the weekly entertainment section, Preview.

Jocelyn Jacobson Lifestyle and features

Jocelyn Jacobson is assistant features editor for FYI and editor of House + Home, the Sunday home decorating and design section. The KC native graduated from Truman State University and has also worked at The Star in news, business and opinion as a copy editor, page designer and wire editor.

Kady McMaster Mom2mom and features online

Kady McMaster is an assistant features editor and editor of mom2momkc.com, The Star’s website for moms to connect, blog and support each other. She has been a reporter and editor at The Star since the late 1980s.

Stacy Downs Features reporter

Stacy Downs is the staff writer for House + Home and a features reporter for FYI and other sections. Her areas of specialty include home design/maintenance, family relationships and lifestyle trends.

Tim Engle Features reporter and Star Magazine

Tim Engle is a writer-editor in The Star’s features department. He writes feature stories for FYI and other sections, and assists with editing for Star Magazine.

Edward M. Eveld Features reporter

Features writer Edward Eveld has covered crime, health, fitness, politics and books in his newspaper career. He’s now a general assignment features reporter.

James A. Fussell Features reporter

James Fussell is a feature writer who produces everything from personality profiles and food stories to news stories, magazine articles, issue-driven trend pieces and humor. Despite working in daily journalism for more than a quarter century, he still enjoys it.

Helen T. Gray Faith and religion

After starting out as a general assignment reporter, Helen Gray became religion editor more than 30 years ago. She loves covering the various faith communities, issues and trends and has been honored with many awards.

Lisa Gutierrez Features reporter and Stargazing

Lisa Gutierrez writes the celebrity column, Stargazing, and lifestyle stories for FYI and other sections.

Cindy Hoedel Star Magazine writer

Cindy Hoedel writes cover stories for Star Magazine, as well as the weekly Mag Interview and Getting Started shopping column. She also writes occasional Good to Go cheap takeout column in Preview.

Jeneé Osterheldt Lifestyle columnist

A Virginia native, Jenee’ Osterheldt graduated from Norfolk State University in 2001 and joined The Star the next year. She started out writing feature stories, covering pop and hip-hop and writing a nightlife column. Eight years later, she’s a lifestyle columnist. She often shares her own journey as well as those of the young, fun and young at heart.

Jill Wendholt Silva Eat + Drink

Jill Wendholt Silva is The Star's food editor and restaurant critic. She has received writing and editing awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the James Beard Foundation. She has been featured in Best Food Writing 2008, and is the author of the Star's Eating for Life Cookbook. She is a past president of the Association of Food Journalists.

Elaine Garrison Copy editing and design

A copy editor and page designer at The Star for 11 years, Elaine Garrison previously worked at publications around Missouri and Iowa. She is a graduate of the University of Central Missouri, with a degree in mass communications.

Sharon Hoffmann Copy editor

Sharon Hoffmann, a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism, worked at newspapers in Rochester, N.Y., before returning to Kansas City in 1999. She has worked at The Star in both the news and in features and now oversees movie coverage and copy edits.

Kris Knowles Copy editing and design

Kris Knowles is a page designer and copy editor in the Features department. He has worked in journalism 22 years and has a broadcasting degree from K-State.

Michelle Smith Copy editing and design

Kansas City native Michelle Smith is assistant features editor in charge of the copy desk. She has worked 21 years in newspapers, the last 11 at The Kansas City Star.

Sara Smith Copy editing and design

Sara Smith has a degree in journalism from Kansas State University with a concentration in creative writing. Before joining the Star in 2003, she led the award-winning nightside design team at the Wichita Eagle.

Paula Southerland Copy editing

Paula Southerland has been a copy editor at The Star since 1998. A University of Kansas graduate, she previously worked at USA Today and at newspapers in Rochester, N.Y., and Sioux Falls, S.D.

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