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Restaurant Week Preview: Starkers

Kansas City Restaurant Week — 10 glorious, gluttonous days in January when more than 120 metro-area restaurants serve three-course prix-fixe dinners for only $30, and lunches for $15 — began January 18 and runs through Sunday, January 27.  Ten percent of each Restaurant Week meal ordered will be donated to three local charities, including Harvesters. [...]

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Restaurant Week Preview: Julian

Kansas City Restaurant Week — 10 glorious, gluttonous days in January when more than 120 metro-area restaurants serve three-course prix-fixe dinners for only $30, and lunches for $15 — began Friday, January 18 and runs through Sunday, January 27.  Ten percent of each Restaurant Week meal ordered will be donated to three local charities, including [...]

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Restaurant Week Preview: McCoy’s Public House

Kansas City Restaurant Week — 10 glorious, gluttonous days in January when more than 120 metro-area restaurants serve three-course prix-fixe dinners for only $30, and lunches for $15 — begins today and runs through Sunday, January 27.  Ten percent of each Restaurant Week meal ordered will be donated to three local charities, including Harvesters. Over [...]

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The restaurant with a death wish, or how Emily got banned from Peanches

I’m not one to broadcast culinary misunderstandings, especially when it comes to someone’s livelihood. But in this case, I just can’t refrain — mostly because it seems like the other character in this story is actively trying to NOT make money. Last night, my friend and I decided to try Peanches, the new-ish 39th Street [...]

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I’m Down With ABC, Yeah You Know Me

(This is going to be a short mention of a long-awaited meal, because I really need to get to Sleepytown.) After months of talking about it, I finally made it to ABC Cafe in Overland Park. I knew ABC stayed open late, but not how late. After leaving a movie at Glenwood Arts, I called [...]

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It’s Totally Cool to Drink Your Dinner at Snow & Co

When life gives you a never-ending, acne-inducing heat wave, you can do one of two things: complain about it on Facebook or shut the hell up and drink your dinner. Sorry. The heat makes me grumpy. I already provide plenty of reasons to hide or unfriend me on social networking sites. So, when it’s hot [...]

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Hangover Beef in Soft Pants

Monday was the day after Supper Club. The day after Supper Club always brings two things: 1. Pants that are too tight and 2. A mild-to-massive hangover. Though I managed to make it through the workday without anyone noticing I was wearing my secret jeans (thank you, Ann Taylor Loft), I still felt super uncomfortable. [...]

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Quick Pickles and Fast Hangovers

Kyle and I are in a supper club. We call our supper club “Supper Club.” Supper Club is eight couples (well, now six couples and two singles who are still good friends) who all like to geek out over food. Each month, Supper Club is hosted at a different couple’s home, and the hosting couple [...]

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Sacred Shell Spaghetti

In my family, shell spaghetti is a sacred meal. It’s not sacred because we put a lot of time or Grandma’s canned tomato sauce into it. It’s sacred because at some point in my youth, it became tradition that my dad would make his shell spaghetti whenever the family got together — including every Christmas [...]

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Diner in the Woods: Wisconsin’s Delta Diner

For the last week or so, I’ve been hiding out in the woods of Northern Wisconsin, avoiding the craziness of the All-Star Game, avoiding work, avoiding putting on make-up, and avoiding the heat. But mostly, I’ve been visiting Kyle, who’s working at a camp up here. I’ve surely put on about 10 pounds with a [...]

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