Welcome back! It’s Day 4 of Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston, which she is doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness. Hopefully you’re following her progress on Dancing Deer’s website. As a point of personal pride, I would like to say that I did, in fact, post […]
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Peppermint Brownie Triffles – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 3
And we’re back! It’s Day 3 of Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston, which she is doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness. Hopefully you’re following her progress on Dancing Deer‘s website. Anyway, family homelessness is a sour subject, but maybe we can add a little sweetness […]
Caramel Brownie Phyllo Cups – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 2
Well this is officially of Day 2 Dancing Deer’s CEO Trish Karter’s 1,500 mile bicycle trek from Atlanta to Boston. She’s doing it to raise awareness for family homelessness while I am writing for the next fourteen days to both share her story and to evangelize Dancing Deer products. Even before I found out about […]
It’s Brownie Time – Ride for Family Homelessness Day 1
So, there’s a lot going on in this blog post today. Let’s start with: Dancing Deer Brownies (@DancingDeer) Tagged Me First and foremost, I was tagged to talk about comfort food and home. Which you know I think I might just be able to do! But I’ll get to that in a second. Dancing Deer […]
Where Life and Lunch Meet:Willie
So last week I got the chance to eat at The American Restaurant where I had a pretty darn good meal (read my review here. I actually used the word supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.) And while Chef Debbie Gold was the star of the evening, there someone else whose company I found very enjoyable: Mister Willie, who has tended bar […]
Basic Pie Dough Recipe
This is a basic pie dough recipe that can be used for tarts, crostadas, and pies. It is a simple recipe that is balanced for both savory and sweet applications. Because this recipe is basic, it can easily be expanded through experimentation. Basic Pie Dough Yield: 1 9 inch Tart 1 ½ Cups Flour […]
The American Restaurant (or The Best Lamb I Ever Had)
Fine dining is very much alive in Kansas City, MO at The American Restaurant. Located right next to Crown Center, The American is making a name for Kansas City upscale/fine dining cuisine and serves wonderful contemporary American food. The American and Chef Debbie Gold Returning to helm the kitchen at The American is Chef Debbie […]
Meet the Superfriends of SolFüD!
My friend Heidi sent me this: Smoothie Soireé on Sunday Only at the Uptown Theater 3700 Broadway St., KCMO, 64111 Broadway Room 5-7PM $10 All you can drink Organic SuperFüD Smoothies and Introduction Party! Meet the Superfriends of SolFüD! Special Guests: Daniel Greenamyre * Nicolas Garcia * Chris Perrin * Heidi […]
Where Life and Lunch Meet: The Phad Thai Theory
Welcome to my first ever Where Life and Lunch Meet. This is a new thing inspired heavily by reading Jeffrey Steingarten and Tony Bourdain (specifically his book Nasty Bits.) I have found these two men’s tales about their (often obsessive) explorations of food to be educational, insightful, sometimes humorous, and generally, a fine thing to read. […]
Sunchokes and The American Restaurant
Tonight I interviewed Chef Debbie Gold from The American restuarant in Kansas City, MO. I had a fabulous meal include a lamb dish that unseated Fogo de Chao’s lamb as the best lamb dish I had ever had. But that’s another blog post. Today, we’re talking about Sunchokes While talking Chef Gold and touring her […]
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