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Tweet By Julia Westhoff I was never a big fan of spinach growing up. I remember it coming mostly from frozen boxes that were dumped next to some baked white fish. The texture was slimy and the taste bitter. I can still remember the creative methods I used to make it look like I had [...]
Tweet Did anyone else ever sing/scream that to their mom when they were younger? It was somewhat of a mantra in our house, although now I’m not sure why, and whether or not it did indeed result in any pancakes. In any case, I wanted to share this fabulous recipe today that I got from [...]
Tweet We love making homemade pasta, especially this time of year. I would never make fresh pasta with a red sauce or anything with a strong flavor. Instead, I rely on spring vegetables – their perfect lightness doesn’t overwhelm the fresh noodles. We usually make pasta on Sunday afternoons when the whole family is around. [...]
Tweet I’m sure I don’t have to remind any of our readers that this week was Administrative Professionals Week. I look forward to this week all year. While I am not, in fact, an administrative professional, I get to reap the benefits. That’s because every April my colleague Leanne makes The World’s Greatest Cinnamon Rolls [...]
Tweet I’ve always had a love affair with boozy milkshakes. Along with reubens and huevos rancheros, it’s an item I absolutely must order when it’s on a menu. It reminds me of olden-timey days when life was more fun and people didn’t worry about little things like “health.” Of course, since you shouldn’t drink while [...]
Tweet Nice weather means it’s grilling season again, and although I am strangely intimidated by the grill, there is one grilled meal that I just can’t get enough of: fish tacos. This recipe was inspired by some distant relatives of mine who live in Mexico, the country. They are not to be confused with my [...]
Tweet By Paige Hess, PVPost.com editorial intern Jeff Lefko developed a passion for cooking in high school. And just a year after graduating from SM East, he’s already managed to turn that passion into a trendy business opportunity. At the mere age of 19, Lefko is making plans to come back to Kansas City from [...]
Tweet As mentioned previously in this column, I am a huge fan of eggs. This is the first year I will be decorating Easter eggs with my daughter, and I am not sure if I’m more excited about painting them or eating the results. True, easter eggs always get that strange food coloring tint, but [...]
Tweet Does anyone own a time machine that we can borrow? Our daughter turns 2 on Monday and I wouldn’t mind placing life on hold for a minute. Last year she was crawling and saying just a few words. Today she’s running, and talking and singing nonstop. I can hardly believe how much she’s grown [...]
Tweet For my money, it doesn’t get any better than an egg sandwich. Crispy, gooey, cheesy – this is one of my favorite meals morning, noon, or night. But until recently, I didn’t have a good creation system down for this bad boy. The problem was getting the egg cooked, the cheese melted, and the [...]
Tweet I love St. Patrick’s Day. Not for any of the usual reasons (getting drunk on green beer is not my thing), but because it gives me an excuse to make one of my all-time favorite meals: corned beef and cabbage. My mother’s family was Irish, so this was a very traditional meal growing up [...]
Tweet Donuts are pretty much my favorite food in the world. I am happy we live near John’s Space Age Donuts in Overland Park, but even happier that we don’t live too close. My addiction got pretty bad for a while, so we decided to limit our donut intake to 2 every 3 weeks. So [...]
Tweet As I mentioned last week, on Saturday the mister and I celebrated six years of matrimony. The celebration itself wasn’t much (Minsky’s and a movie on the couch), but Jay’s gift to me ensured it will be an anniversary to remember. From now on anything before February 25, 2012, will be known as B.V.: [...]
Tweet This Saturday marks 6 years of happy marriage for the mister and me. We wed in a little chapel, then danced the night away at the Maritime Museum in San Francisco (where we were living at the time). We had a fabulous evening. We loved our deejay (my brother), the atmosphere of the museum [...]
Tweet Every so often my husband will make something amazing for dinner. Crispy, salty, juicy and flavorful, we pick at the leftovers and use them in different dishes all week. This meal is cheap, healthy, and really easy. So what is it? A simple roast chicken. He makes it a few times a year and [...]
Tweet I consider myself to be a romantic, but lately Valentine’s Day has lost its luster. Even if we could find a sitter, the preponderance of low-quality prix-fixe restaurant meals just isn’t appealing. And I was surprised last year when I couldn’t even find a restaurant to get take-out (we ended up getting soup from [...]
Tweet Like any true fan (of food) the thing I look forward to most in a Super Bowl party is what I am going to eat. Wings and guacamole always top my list, as do most other things that complement beer. But the thing I always make for others is Frito Pie. It’s one of [...]
Tweet This Chocolate Ale business is serious stuff. Rimann sold through its supply in 20 minutes. That’s right: 20 minutes. That’s one-third of one hour. Approximately fifteen times faster than it sold through fewer cases last year. Yowsers. A reader sent us this shot of the line outside Rimann’s door as people waited for the [...]
Tweet Boulevard Brewery’s immensely popular Chocolate Ale is returning to one Prairie Village liquor store’s shelves today — if only for a few hours. Rimann Liquors’ Mary Rimann said the store’s phone has been ringing off the hook with inquiries about the availability of the specialty brew, a co-production of Boulevard and Christopher Elbow Chocolates that [...]
Tweet Maybe it’s the doldrums of January, but I just have not felt like cooking lately. Nevertheless, the family needs to get fed (so annoying how that never changes), and take-out every night isn’t really an option. To get by I’ve been putting together semi-plausible meals using pre-made ingredients. One of my favorites is wonton [...]
Tweet I think I need to stop going to the gym. It has not been good for my waist line. You see, every time I get on the treadmill, I turn on the Food Network. And every time I turn on the Food Network, I see an amazing dish that I need to cook and [...]
Tweet KC Restaurant Week kicks off today – and you won’t have to travel far to find the event’s special menus at popular prices. Five local restaurants — the Blue Moose Bar & Grill, BRGR Kitchen + Bar, story, Tavern in the Village and Urban Table — are all participating in the event, which benefits Harvesters. A photo [...]
Tweet Blonde brownies are one of my favorite treats. When we were in the Peace Corps and living on just a few dollars a day, I would occassionally spend our weeks’ allowance on butter and chocolate chips just to make blondies that would be gone in a day. But now that we’re in Prairie Village, [...]
Tweet Many years ago we visited our friend Dan Giorgi’s parents’ house in Leawood to watch a football game. I don’t remember which teams were playing, or who was there, or what was said. But I will never forget the tortilla soup that Dan’s mom served us. It’s a delicious hodgepodge of ingredients and enriched [...]
Tweet Do any Prairie Villagers eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day? It’s done in many parts of the country, as the meal is said to bring prosperity for the New Year. In the south, they serve it with greens (to symbolize money) and a pig product (because pigs always forge ahead). I’ve always loved [...]
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