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Food: Compulsive smokers — Quest for perfection propels area barbecue team to top of national ranks
By Sara Shepherd
August 29, 2012
For Truebud BBQ team members, meticulousness is as much their signature as their secret rib seasoning, and it’s helped propel them to the elite ranks of the country’s top competition barbecue teams.
Bonner Springs man, 34, dies after argument in vehicle traveling from Eudora to Kansas City
By George Diepenbrock
August 23, 2012
Lenexa police said a Bonner Springs man who died early Wednesday morning after he was involved in a roadside fight on Interstate 435 had been traveling in a minivan from Eudora to the Kansas City area.
Food: Fresh recipes bring apples out of autumn, into August
By Sara Shepherd
August 22, 2012
Apples may be early this year, but there’s no reason to rush these fall favorites into their signature cool-weather dishes. Chilled desserts and bright ingredients help bring apples out of autumn and into the light lunches, cookouts and 90-degree days of August.
Food: Apple crops arrive early, but drought makes for dicey harvest
By Sara Shepherd
August 22, 2012
With many buyers just beginning to realize it’s apple time, Ernie Richardson’s Gala crop has already come and gone. Following the lead of early summer stone fruits and most other produce this year, northeast Kansas apples are arriving one to four weeks early. The size and quality of early crops also varies.
Five questions: Roll up a sleeve
By Staff Report
05:47 p.m., August 21, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment offers tips to consider when contemplating getting immunized.
Food: Lemon grass brightens Asian, American favorites alike
By J.M. Hirsch, AP Food Editor
August 15, 2012
It may look and sound like a weed, but lemon grass actually is one of the most important ingredients in Southeast Asian cooking.
Food: Grilling greens — a new way with kale for summer
By J.M. Hirsch, AP Food Editor
August 8, 2012
When I created this recipe, I was aiming for something akin to a saute. What I got was so much better.
Food: Fully-loaded salad doesn’t need fat to be satisfying
Alison Ladman, Associated Press
August 1, 2012
Eating a plate full of greens can be a bit boring. Too often, we are tempted to pile on fatty toppings like cheese, bacon, seeds and nuts, or rich dressings, all in an attempt to amplify the flavor.
Food: Blueberry muffins or pancakes? Try making both in one
By J.M. Hirsch, AP Food Editor
July 25, 2012
What do you do when you are hankering for blueberry muffins but don’t have a muffin pan handy? Or maybe you just don’t feel like cranking up the oven on a hot summer day.
Food: One of region’s last family dairies hopes retail will help bottom line
By Sara Shepherd
July 18, 2012
When his father and uncles ceased their milking operation on the family dairy farm in 1972, Tim Iwig embarked on his own one-boy fresh-milk enterprise. Then only 12 or 13, he kept several heifers, milked them daily and recruited customers. Even if no one was home, they could pull into the driveway, walk into the barn, leave their money in a pan and take their milk.
Spotlight in higher education: Adults pursuing advanced degrees have options
By Sara Shepherd
July 10, 2012
A number of area educational institutions offer graduate degree programs, many tailored to the needs of their respective geographical areas and their targeted students’ busy schedules.
Food: Season’s just peachy for area fruit growers
By Sara Shepherd
July 4, 2012
After the 2011 Kansas winter resulted in a summer with little to no peaches, several northeast Kansas fruit growers are experiencing a banner year.
Food: Touch of heat equals deep flavors in grilled gazpacho
Alison Ladman, for The Associated Press
July 3, 2012
Ready for a cool and refreshing soup hot off the grill? It’s got to be gazpacho.
Food: Mixed grill
Hint of charcoal makes side dishes sizzle
By Sara Shepherd
June 27, 2012
If you’re cooking out next week for July Fourth, why stop with the usual hot dogs, burgers and steaks? A hint of char adds an unexpected twist to all kinds of side dishes and desserts, from wedge salads to buttered slices of cake.
K-32 head-on collision leaves De Soto man in critical condition
By Shawn Linenberger
June 19, 2012
A head-on collision Tuesday in southeast Leavenworth County sent two people to an area hospital, one of whom was in critical condition Tuesday evening.
Five questions: Easy traveling
12:36 p.m., June 19, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
The Kansas Department of Transportation shares how its free travel information tools can help make a road trip safe and enjoyable.
Food: Keep an open mind to Kansas wines
Festival to feature samplings from 14 of the state’s 23 vineyards
By Sara Shepherd
June 13, 2012
If you’re heading to the new wine-tasting event Saturday in De Soto, you won’t find wines that taste exactly like your favorite Napa Valley cabernet or Argentinian malbec. However, organizers say, that isn’t a bad thing.
Five questions: Swimming safely
KDHE offers tips for summer in the water
01:16 p.m., June 12, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
This week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment provides tips on keeping safe while you’re swimming this summer.
Food: Acrobatic apricots a versatile fruit
By Sara Shepherd
June 6, 2012
Each year in late spring and early summer, apricot season arrives, and imported varieties of the sweet-tart smaller cousins of the peach can be found at many area grocery stores. But it’s not every year that apricot season arrives in Kansas.
Five questions: It’s Relay time
02:06 p.m., May 29, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Area Relay for Life events kick off this week.