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The Food Issue

KC Fusion: It’s all about cultural mashups that taste good

Fusion cuisine, once disdained, is popular with chefs wanting to experiment with flavor and cultural mashups

Even some foods we think of as American classics — doughnuts, bagels, waffles and barbecue — draw on immigrant roots

Korean, German, Japanese, Brazilian and many other cuisines influence the way we eat in Kansas City

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Kansas, Kansas City restaurant and grocery store health inspections for Dec. 26

Red Pepper Marmalade Crostini can be partly made ahead for your holiday party

From sparking to red, try these wines (including one from Costco) with holiday meals

Johnny Kaw’s owner plans Shot Stop bar in Westport, adding to his expanding empire

Kansas, Kansas City restaurant and grocery store health inspections for Dec. 20

The Food Issue

KC takes smoke beyond meats, and 35 other sizzling stories

Chow Town’s 2015 Food Issue explores new ways KC chefs and bartenders are using smoke. Our annual roundup also showcases what’s new on the city’s food scene.

Eating for Life

Red Pepper Marmalade Crostini can be partly made ahead for your holiday party

Need a holiday party appetizer idea? This Red Pepper Marmalade Crostini is an easy sweet and spicy option.

Laura Zych and her mom Dee Sedler share their recipe for Dee’s Apple Strudel.

Come Into My Kitchen

This apple strudel’s magic is a thin dough that the family can help stretch

A Lenexa family’s tradition includes getting together to make an apple strudel that everyone can help make.

Eating for Life

This casserole recipe has three key words: cheese, chicken and spaghetti

This easy Cheesy Spaghetti Chicken Casserole recipe can also be made with store-bought rotisserie chicken.

Eat & Drink

How the nutrition facts label is changing

The Food and Drug Administration explains the updated nutrition facts label. The new serving size is based on the amount most people actually eat and drink today.

Mike Maasen, of Kansas City, shares his recipe for The Best Pecan Brittle.

Come Into My Kitchen

KC cook loves to make his ‘Best Pecan Brittle’ and then give it away as gifts

Mike Maasen of Kansas City makes about 60 batches of pecan brittle annually. He often stocks up on the simple ingredients during the year.

Chow Town

A guide to sparkling wines made for the holidays, from Prosecco to Champagne

Chow Town blogger Dave Eckert recommends these sparkling wines to try this holiday season, from Prosecco to Champagne and in all price ranges.

Kathy Brockway, of Olathe, says her spaghetti and meatballs recipe makes for great leftovers.

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Olathe cook’s easy spaghetti and meatballs recipe can be made ahead

Kathy Brockway of Olathe shares her mom’s spaghetti and meatballs recipe that uses a carrot to soak up bitterness.

Bud Light released a special video ahead of the “Monday Night Football” game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams. The King from the “Dilly Dilly” commercials is quite excited about the NFL game.

Green bean casserole was born in 1955 and is still thriving on many Thanksgiving tables.

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At Thanksgiving, green bean casserole is more than just vegetables and mushroom soup

Campbell’s estimates 20 million American households will serve green bean casserole for Thanksgiving this year. In my family, my sister Lydia Schmidt always brought the tricked-out beans to the family feast.

Nicole Dearing, bar manager at The Webster House, making the Midwest 75, her riff on the French 75. Dearing’s version is made with Lifted Spirits Wheat Whiskey, simple syrup, lemon juice and orange bitters, topped with Somerset Ridge Vineyard & Winery’s Lucky Dog Hard Cider.

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Need a Thanksgiving cocktail recipe? KC bartenders share some, from sweet to bitter

For Thanksgiving and holidays ever after, Anne Brockhoff got some cocktail recipes from KC bartenders that will not distract from the delicious food.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving pie: Sweet potato or pumpkin? Take our survey.

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Team sweet potato or team pumpkin: What’s your Thanksgiving pie?

Which pie do you eat for your Thanksgiving meal: pumpkin or sweet potato? Take our survey.

Craig Bolger of Independence creates his zucchini lasagna roll-ups with hot Italian sausage, ricotta and Parmesan cheeses, Italian spices and of course, zucchini.

Come Into My Kitchen

These zucchini roll-ups with hot Italian sausage offer a twist on lasagna

Craig Bolger of Independence made these Zucchini Lasagna Roll Ups to entice his daughter to eat zucchini. The recipe also calls for Italian sausage.

Come Into My Kitchen

Lee’s Summit cook’s lemon meringue pie sells out fast at bake sales

Mary Johnson of Lee’s Summit has tips for making the perfect meringue for her lemon meringue pie. This recipe is inherited from her mom and grandmother.

Creamy chicken and wild rice soup can be made with poached chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken.

Eating for Life

Easy Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup recipe just 250 calories per serving

This creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup recipe is easy to make and stays healthy by using fat-free half and half.

Denise Himmelberg’s Kalua pig is usually served on Hawaiian rolls.

Come Into My Kitchen

KC cook shares her Kalua Pig recipe with banana leaves that’s easy and great for parties

Denise Himmelberg of Kansas City loves to cook and bake to de-stress. She shares her recipe for Kalua Pig made with banana leaves because it’s easy and makes plenty for parties.

Cityscape

Aixois crêperie opens inside Made in KC Marketplace on the Plaza

Emmanuel Langlade, the owner of Aixois Bistro, just opened the first crêperie on the Country Club Plaza in more than thirty years.

Suavia Soave is produced by three sisters: Allesandra, Meri, and Valentina.

Chow Town

What I learned at Lidia’s Wine Wednesdays on women winemakers

In August, Lidia’s Kansas City celebrated women in wine with a tasting featuring five wines produced by four female Italian winemakers, each paired with Lidia’s cuisine. It’s called Lidia’s Wine Wednesdays.

Eating for Life

This Chicken and Garbanzo Bean Stew is low on fat but high on taste

A healthy recipe for chicken and garbanzo bean stew that’s hearty and tangy.

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