How The Futures Market Helps Keep Your Grocery Bill Down
At the grocery store, processed foods like cereal, crackers and candy usually maintain the same price for a long time, and inch up gradually. Economists call these prices “sticky” because they don’t move much even as some of the commodities that go into them do. Take corn, for example, which can be a major food…
The Westport Beer Festival and Other Weekend Possibilities
The Westport Beer Festival returns for its sixth year on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. The event is in front of McCoy’s Public House and benefits AIDS Walk Kansas City. Try samples from more than three dozen breweries (Perennial Artisan Ales and Founders Brewing Co. among them), along with a few local distilleries (J. Rieger…
National Cathedral Will Remove Confederate Flags From Stained Glass
The Washington National Cathedral says it will remove two images of the Confederate battle flag from the building’s stained glass windows. Then the church will hold a period of public discussion on issues of race, slavery and justice, and revisit the question of how to treat other depictions of the Civil War on the windows….
5 Bar Bites to Help You Travel the World Without Leaving KC
Feel the urge to travel and explore but short on funds for a worldwide adventure? Leave the passport at home. These five destinations in Kansas City serve up a taste of Italy, Spain, France, Austria and Mexico. Hop in the car or schedule an Uber ride, and get set for global discovery only minutes from…
The Weekend Starts Today
Summer hasn’t officially started yet, but it’s about to get blazing hot. Temps this weekend are expected to hit the mid-90s. So dress lightly, drink plenty of water, and get out to have some fun. Or, better yet, wear whatever you want, drink whatever you want, and never leave the air conditioning. Inside or out,…
From Turner to Tokyo
This story was produced in partnership with The Pitch. Look for it in print right now. Missy Fitzwater asks Instagram: “Is it weird I like my black eye?” In the selfie, she’s 17 years old, apple-cheeked, smiling. Her brown hair is pulled back, messy, slightly out of focus. Her green eyes are a bit puffy, and…
Blessing the Barbecue
At around 2:30 Thursday afternoon a long line begins to form in the back of Pak Halal, a local Middle Eastern grocery store in the heart of Lenexa. One by one, customers who had driven from “as far as Omaha” await their turn at the butcher counter to place their order. Most people are in…
Take 5 For Your Health
Kansas Children’s Cabinet Grant Programs Face Imminent Cuts Children’s programs across the state are scrambling to deal with grant cuts that take effect at the start of July. The cuts come from a $3.3 million reduction in funding for the Kansas Children’s Cabinet, which uses the state’s share of the 1998 master settlement agreement with…
A Defiant Muhammad Ali Was Cherished By Black Men
Over the past few days, we’ve seen image after image of Muhammad Ali: triumphant in the ring, joking on talk shows and shakily lifting the Olympic torch at the 1996 Atlanta games. He’s remembered these days as an athlete and a humanitarian, and that was, definitely, Ali. But so was the defiant, incisive Ali. “I’m…
Roller Food. Craft Beer. The Pairings That Were Never Supposed to Happen.
In the name of food science, we’re pairing roller food and craft beer. These six videos will help you discover beer pairings for everything from the Cheeseburger Bite Bite to a taco and cheese taquito. For this project, we engaged the nice folks at Boulevard Beer, who delved into the world of egg rolls and macaroni and cheese…
Francois and Berenice Chouteau
Today their names grace our highways, city districts and restaurants. But before Chouteau was a trafficway, it was the name of an immigrant couple who used their honeymoon to discover new land. Before McCoy’s was a good place to get a beer, it was a family of missionaries whose son would use his business savvy…
Student-Run Organic Farm Thrives at Traditional Land-Grant University
A weathered wooden shed that holds wheelbarrows, hoes and other basic tools is the beacon of the Student Organic Farm, a two-acre swath within the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Farm. On a warm spring evening, a half-dozen students gather here, put on work gloves and begin pulling up weeds from the perennial beds where…
Look Who’s Coming to Dinner
Are you a non-Muslim interested in exploring the sacred month of Ramadan with local Muslim families? The Kansas City branch of the Dialogue Institute — a regional organization dedicated to increasing interfaith communication — wants you to join them at special dinners (and breakfasts) during the monthlong observance of Ramadan. The first dinner is set…
Green Dirt Farm’s Creamery Opening and Other Weekend Possibilities
What’s it called when we all scream for cheese? Green Dirt Farm is opening its creamery and tasting room (1099 Welt St.) this weekend in downtown Weston. It means more of their sheep’s milk cheese and yogurt, as well as cow’s milk ice cream (sheep’s milk ice cream is in the works for the future)….
KC Hearing Examines Payday Lending
Federal regulators looking to crack down on abuses in the payday lending industry heard from both sides of the issue at a hearing Thursday in Kansas City. “If a lender can succeed when borrowers are setup to fail, it is a telltale sign of a malfunctioning market,” said Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial…