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FOOD
Betsy Blodgett of Bon Bon Atelier tasted her first macaron at Laduree bakery in Paris. Pastry chef and instructor Carter Holton enjoys the fun of making multicolored macarons.
Cupcake days are over as colorful macarons become the next dessert trend
Jul 27, 4:27 PMIt seems you can’t peruse a food magazine or website without seeing them. What are those little cookies that look like puffed up Oreos dipped in a rainbow of electric colors? They’re macarons.
Summer Berries With Yogurt Cream is bursting with benefits
Jul 27, 3:20 PMWhat about when berries meet their one true match: cream. Decadent? Not in The Star’s Summer Berries With Yogurt Cream.
COME INTO MY KITCHEN | MARY PEPITONE
Crystal King shares her recipe for Mandazi, an East African fried bread similar to doughnuts. She fell in love with the dish during a mission trip to Africa.
Fried bread from Africa typical of many regions
Jul 28, 2:17 AMOne of Crystal King’s favorite dishes is an African doughnut, and it reflects where King’s heart is. King is training to become a missionary. Next year, she expects to begin a mission as a teacher at an orphanage in Sudan, one of the most violent regions of Africa.
Want to nominate a cook for Come Into My Kitchen? Send an e-mail to Mary Pepitone
PREVIOUS COME INTO MY KITCHEN COLUMNS
- Taste of India adds spice to family table
- Exploring different cultures through cuisine
- Mediterranean flavors infuse main-dish salad
COOKING 101
Halibut Mousse With Cold Cucumber Sauce
Jun 28, 6:06 PMSummer cuisine is contradictory: We expect light, cooling courses, but we also prefer time-saving dishes that are easily prepared. Yet summer favorites often require a labor of love, such as churning ice cream and slowly smoking meat. Halibut mousse is often used as a hot first course, followed by a light salad, then a tour de force entrée, such as roasted duck or scaloppine (recipes available at kansascity.com/food, click on “Cooking 101”).
EATING FOR LIFE | JILL WENDHOLT SILVA
Summer Berries With Yogurt Cream is bursting with benefits
Jul 27, 3:20 PMWhat about when berries meet their one true match: cream. Decadent? Not in The Star’s Summer Berries With Yogurt Cream.
- Skip the can and try fresh tuna in Niçoise Salad
- It's the red, not the wine
- Zesty recipes for seniors
- How much activity is enough?
- Getting kids off the couch
MORE FOOD STORIES
- Fried bread from Africa typical of many regions
- Food calendar | July 28-Aug. 3
- Shawnee bakery delivers the old-world flavor of kolaches
- Schools target vending machine junk food
- Stone Hill Winery tops Missouri taste test
- Art Smith wedding to include pricey swag bags
- Guest mixologist, lounge menu coming to the American Restaurant
- KC health inspectors ensure eateries meet safety standards
- Eating right? Don’t give up the pie
- Food Calendar | July 14
- Scientists count five-second rule down to zero for safety
- Farmers market cookbooks give cooks inventive recipes
- Jump onto the CSA bandwagon
- Recipe for success: KCK teen wins nation's 'Best Teen Chef' title
- Hot dog! A taste of Chicago in Lenexa
- The search for KC's top (hot) dog
- Food calendar | July 21-27
- Robert Brassard is turning Shawnee Mission students into chefs
- Cutting-edge cuisine finds home in KC
- Chefs know where the good values are for eating on the cheap
- Where is Kansas City's best barbecue? Fans aren't reluctant to voice opinions
- Bacon belly bomb is a big hit
- Raccoon: It's what's for dinner
- You couldn’t keep our food critic on the farm after she got a taste of the world
- In memorium: Longtime restaurant critic Lauren Chapin
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It's time to grill
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DINING OUT
Ethiopian/Eritrean dishes at Duo, such as the chicken doro watt, are served in tidy mounds on a large injera, a tangy pancake made from the grain teff.
New midtown restaurant Duo is a successful culinary coalition
Jul 28, 7:48 PMThe menu at Duo promises “authentic Ethiopian/Eritrean and Jamaican cuisine.” An unlikely pairing? Maybe — but then again, the food traditions of eastern Africa and the Caribbean both feature sweet spices, meaty stews and liberal dashes of heat. This might just work out.
- Food calendar | July 28-Aug. 3
- Frida's Contemporary Mexican Cuisine goes beyond tacos and burritos
- Guest mixologist, lounge menu coming to the American Restaurant
- Trezo Vino in Leawood keeps the surprises coming
- From high-end to low-brow, KC has a burger for every taste
FIND A RESTAURANT
Looking for a restaurant? You can search The Star's online restaurant dining guide. Find information by type of cuisine, location, vegetarian options and more, then link with the restaurant Web site to check out complete menus. We're starting small but plan to continue to expand the database in the coming months. Choose from a restaurant name, cuisine, location or price range. If you want to see everything, just click the search button.
Food issue: 35 people, places and things that make us drool
Today, we take a look at our city through food.
The Star's list of 2010 farmers markets
Clip and save The Star’s annual local farmers markets list.
THE WINE PRESS | DOUG FROST
The Room 39 burger features a fried egg atop a hamburger for $10. available Room 39, 1719 W. 39th St. in Kansas City or at the Mission Farms location at 10561 Mission Road in Leawood. Photo by Tammy Ljungblad/062210.
Photos | A KC burger for every taste
If you’re slapping gristly, greasy, frozen, pre-fab slabs on the grill this weekend, don’t be surprised if family and friends grab your spatula and beat a path to one of the bright spots in Burger Town. Take a look at some KC favorites.
SPIRITS & COCKTAILS | ANNE BROCKHOFF
Distillers turn to the past with white whiskies
Jul 13, 3:29 PMAh, the romance of moonshine. Copper stills in hidden valleys. Heroic bootleggers speeding the back roads. Family recipes handed down through generations. Such are the myths Max Watman cheerfully explodes in “Chasing the White Dog” (Simon & Schuster, 2010).
KANSAS CITY'S GOOD EATS ...
Cutting-edge cuisine finds home in KC
Jenny Vergara recalls the day she stopped apologizing for Kansas City’s restaurant scene.
The search for KC's best breakfast joints
These KC restaurants offer an authentic taste of Mexico
Chefs know where the good values are for eating on the cheap
Barbecue fans aren't reluctant to voice opinions
There’s an old saying that in polite social circles one should never discuss religion, politics or sex.
