feed me kc

Emily thinks I’m a “food dork” for saying this, but my idea of a perfect Saturday is a morning at the Brookside Farmers’ Market (maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don’t know, I don’t know if we’ll have enough time), an afternoon in the kitchen, and a night eating (and drinking) outside. Last weekend, I [...]

On Saturday, after his trip to the Brookside Farmers’ Market, Jeff came by my wedding-fundraising garage sale. He even bought two casserole dishes. A generous salesperson, I threw in eight free ramekins (they were actually his and had been at my house since the feed me kc Beer Dinner No. 1) and he left one [...]

Last night we continued to feast on the spring spoils of the Brookside Farmers’ Market. This time, I practiced my three Rs: rabe, rads, and rugula. (Save those extra syllables for a rainy monosyllabic day.) It went down like this: Broccoli Rabe gets pureed with toasted almonds, Grana Padano cheese, garlic, lemon juice, and olive [...]

This week my fridge is bursting with beautiful spring greens from the Brookside Farmers’ Market. For Sunday night dinner, I pulled the colossal Swiss chard to accompany a well-marbled pork chop from the new Natural Grocers (which is like Whole Foods, but not quite) in Overland Park. I sauteed the chard with onions, garlic, and [...]

These luminous spring vegetables come from the Brookside Farmers’ Market at 63rd and Wornall–a small, but vital farmer-run market open 8am-1pm on Saturday mornings. Today is my first visit of the year, and I emptied my wallet on radishes, broccoli rabe, kale, leeks, beets, arugula, and colossal Swiss chard. Don’t yet know what I’m going [...]