- Food: Edible heirlooms: Favorite recipes help remember loved ones
- May 23, 2012
- Some of the most valuable family treasures may not be expensive or breakable. And it’s unlikely you’ll find them itemized in anyone’s will (in fact, they may not be written down at all).
- Food: Steamed hake packs in the flavor
- May 16, 2012
- Admittedly, steamed fish doesn’t exactly scream mouthwatering. But what it lacks in excitement it more than makes up for in health cred.
- Food: Treat mom to a kid-and-dad-proof Mother’s Day breakfast
- May 9, 2012
- Here’s an at-home breakfast menu that features simple extras such as fresh herbs — not fancy techniques or hard-to-find ingredients — to make the dishes elegant enough to make mom feel special but easy enough for dad and the kids to whip up.
- Food: New way with a Southern classic: shrimp and grits
- 06:00 a.m., May 1, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- During a recent visit to a food festival in South Carolina, I was lucky enough to be invited to the home of Nathalie Dupree, cookbook author and Southern entertainer extraordinaire.
- A look inside the landfill
- Variety of activity — even wildlife — abounds inside the nearly 1,000-acre site
- April 25, 2012
- Behind the steep berms hiding it from public view, the Johnson County Landfill is home to both arid moon-like landscapes and lush green pockets teeming with wildlife. The Dispatch takes you on a photo tour of the largest landfill of its kind in the Midwest.
- Food: Almond-crusted chicken a quick dinner
- 03:04 p.m., April 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Ground seeds and nuts are a weeknight cook’s dream ingredient.
- Area allergy specialist offers tips for surviving season
- 06:00 a.m., April 7, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Achoo. Sniffle. Sniffle. Allergy season arrived a few weeks earlier this year but it’s not as bad as it was a few years ago when pollen counts were 10 times higher than normal.
- Food: Have faith in these dessert recipes, for Passover and beyond
- April 5, 2012
- While my relatives looked forward to enjoying family favorites like chopped liver and gefilte fish in early April, they spoke about my bland and dry-as-dust Passover cake, when they mentioned it at all, with resignation and even dread. Instead of baking unexciting, if traditional, Passover cakes, I started to look for flourless desserts that were so good they were enjoyed year-round by diners of every faith.
- Food: A strawberry-apricot tart to get ready for spring
- April 5, 2012
- Like the traditional French tarte tatin, this spring pastry has caramelized fruit cooked on the stove. It then is topped with a pastry, baked and flipped out of the pan.
- Food: Simple, speedy popovers work for breakfast, too
- 07:48 p.m., April 5, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Dessert is an uncommon offering in my house, though not due to any we’re-too-healthy-for-that ethic. Rather, the typical day of work and errands and chasing a child tend to leave me with little time to consider dessert.
- Food: This Easter, ditch ham but keep the pig
- 12:00 a.m., April 1, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Instead of cooking ham or lamb this Easter, why not go for something a little bit different? Pork loin roast has an amazing flavor — and is outrageously tender — when brined.
- Food: Kids can help with this Easter dessert
- April 1, 2012
- You’ll have no trouble enticing the kids to get involved in this easy and tasty part of Easter dinner prep. We’ve combined a blend of crunchy cereals and noodles with a deliciously sticky blend of chocolate, marshmallow and peanut butter to create edible “nests.”
- State health officials warn of increase in rabies
- March 29, 2012
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports that 13 animals have tested positive for rabies in the state since Jan. 1 and is reminding the public to have their animals vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian.
- Food: Party like mad! Or at least like ‘Mad Men’ might
- 06:35 p.m., March 23, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Does Don Draper do finger food? Judging by the first four seasons of TV’s popular “Mad Men” show it doesn’t seem likely unless we’re talking about a belt of bourbon with a couple of smoking hot Lucky Strikes on the side.
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What do you think about a proposed ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars and workplaces?
As much as I hate government interfering with our lives, I love the smoking ban. Going out in Lawrence is so nice without smelling cigarette smoke at your table while eating.
