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Tom Nichol at J. Rieger & Co. working on the new batch of gin.

Interview: Master Distiller Tom Nichol on His Drink of Choice

It’s a story that made headlines: Retired master distiller for Diageo, owner of Tanqueray gin and other spirits, gets back in the game for one more batch. The special distillery ? Kansas City’s history-rich J. Rieger & Co. The distiller? Tom Nichol. The liquor? Gin, of course.  But his gin, his way. Finally, the much-discussed gin has arrived, and Nichol…

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Today’s Special | Pork Tenderloin Sliders

It’s not the size of a sandwich that makes it great. There are two-handers and hoagies and superheroes and sammitches with far more meat and heft than The Rieger’s pork tenderloin sliders. There are pork tenderloins that hang precariously over the bun and others that appear to have come from pigs of prehistoric stature. But…

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Pigs in containment area

Choice Cuts: With lifesaving antibiotics at risk, farmers, veterinarians asked to curtail use in livestock

This is part three of Harvest Public Media’s week-long series Choice Cuts: Meat In America, examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet. The documentary on the subject will air 7:30 pm this Thursday on KCPT.  One of the most important tools of modern medicine is in jeopardy. In the 20th century, antibiotics turned once-lethal…

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Because it’s root-root-root for the home team…

Contributor Hampton Stevens and Multimedia Producer John McGrath get hyped at the K.

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Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson

Agreeability trumps algebra, Kansans tell state education officials

  Kansas residents, educators and business leaders agree that academic know-how takes a backseat to “soft” skills, such as being agreeable and conscientious, when it comes molding the next generation of workers. That was one big takeaway from a 90-minute presentation delivered in Olathe Tuesday by Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson and his deputy, Brad…

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