Pizza preferences are personal, as personal as boxers or briefs, Pepsi or Coke, MU or KU. In Kansas City we are blessed with an abundance of pizzerias serving all sorts of pies: thin-crust, thick crust, gluten-free or cheese stuffed.
I approached this year’s Missouri State Wine Competition with trepidation, but not because I thought the wines wouldn’t be good. The time is long past when the Missouri wine industry should have to convince anyone that it is creating acceptable wines. Those who continue to avoid Missouri’s best wines probably believe that the Earth is flat and that global warming isn’t happening.
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Pizza preferences are personal, as personal as boxers or briefs, Pepsi or Coke, MU or KU. In Kansas City we are blessed with an abundance of pizzerias serving all sorts of pies: thin-crust, thick crust, gluten-free or cheese stuffed.
FOOD POWER FOR CHILDREN: Learn how to teach children nutrition and food safety through music and puppetry. 6 p.m. Oct. 9, University of Missouri Extension Center, 1501 N.W. Jefferson, Blue Springs. $15 registration fee. Register. (816-252-5051)
BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX FARMERS MARKET: Locally grown and organic fruits, vegetables, jams, baked goods and flowers. 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 92nd and Troost. (816-926-3514)
FOOD POWER FOR CHILDREN: Learn how to teach children nutrition and food safety through music and puppetry. 6 p.m. Oct. 9, University of Missouri Extension Center, 1501 N.W. Jefferson, Blue Springs. $15 registration fee. Register. (816-252-5051)
If you can’t trust a rabbi, whom can you trust? When Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn of the New Reform Temple — as passionate a foodie as you’ll find in town — suggested I check out J. Gilbert’s Wood Fired Steaks and Seafood, I figured why not?
With the financial crisis ongoing, everybody is looking for a deal. Pierpont’s in Union Station, named after financier J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan, has some real beauts. The short lounge menu is budget-friendly: Half of the dishes are just $4, available from 11 a.m. to close Monday through Friday.
LUNCH AND LEARN: BRAISE: Learn how to braise meats and vegetables with Chris Clarke while enjoying lunch. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Whole Foods Market, 7401 W. 91st, Overland Park. $15. Pay at customer service before class starts. Register at least 24 hours before class. (913-341-1269)
The Chiefs are off to an awful start, Brett Favre is no longer a Packer and Tom Brady is out for the season.
BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX FARMERS MARKET: Locally grown and organic fruits, vegetables, jams, baked goods and flowers. 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 92nd and Troost. (816-926-3514)
LUNCH AND LEARN: BRAISE: Learn how to braise meats and vegetables with Chris Clarke while enjoying lunch. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Whole Foods Market, 7401 W. 91st, Overland Park. $15. Pay at Customer Service before class starts. Register at least 24 hours before class. (913-341-1269)
Nobody knows how to party like the folks at Le Fou Frog, Mano and Barbara Rafael’s beloved French bistro in the River Market.
