Jonathan Bender

Stories by Jonathan Bender

A Kansas chef with an unlikely specialty: cheesecake

Cowtown Cheesecake Co., in Bonner Springs, Kansas, brings innovative ingredients and an eclectic food sense to a classic dessert.

King cake and ‘bayou bites’ – bringing New Orleans tastes to KC

It’s the Wednesday before Fat Tuesday and the prep area for Lanmou Chocolates is rapidly filling with sweets. The new company, co-owned by Goellner (who also owns Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott) and Megan Piel, is getting ready to celebrate its first Mardi Gras in KC.

All about that broth

This is a story of soup interrupted. Stripped down stock that will never see a bowl. Bone broth – the liquid resulting from the long, slow boiling of animal bones usually in a combination of water, apple cider vinegar and a few vegetables (carrots, celery and onion, among them) – has gone from classic to...

Hold the eggnog, bring on the hot sauce

The holidays bring us together around tables of all shapes and sizes. While the kids may think this time of year is about presents, the grown-ups know that it is really about what goes in your glass or on your plate. Flatland blogger Jonathan Bender reached out to the folks usually responsible for filling your...