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Emmy Awards

Kansas City PBS Earns 10 Regional Emmy Nominations

Kansas City PBS received 10 nominations for the 2020 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Regional Chapter EMMY® Awards.

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Betty Rae's Ice Cream has expanded from Waldo to the River Market.

The Block | The “Central Philosophy” of Betty Rae’s Ice Cream

Betty Rae’s Ice Cream in Kansas City wants to “make everything perfect for a minute.”

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Vincent Parades, owner and chef at The Farmhouse, is devoted to serving farm-to-table, tip-to-tail cuisine.

River Market Restaurant Chases “That Feeling”

The Farmhouse strives to live up to its name – devoting itself to farm-to-market, tip-to-tail food for more than a decade.

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City Market Sandwich Shop Fuses Differing Cuisines

City Market Sandwich Shop Fuses Differing Cuisines

The Bite isn’t just another sandwich shop. It might be the only one of its kind in Kansas City, serving up Mexican and Korean flavors between two pieces of bread.

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Local Pig butcher shop at the City Market in Kansas City.

Local Pig: Respecting the Meat

The Local Pig butcher shop and Pigwich, its sister restaurant, deal in sustainably raised animals, which are a fine fit with the city’s largest weekly farmers market.

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