Hominy, oxtail and Lifted Spirits’ new spring gin are part of a three-course dinner at the Savoy

Spring brings treats like green strawberries and flavorful fresh cheeses—ingredients you’ll find in just the first course of three courses at Savor The Season, a new dinner series from Kansas City magazine. (Tickets for the three-course meal with drink pairings are $89 and available here.)  Savor The Season, which will be held on Thursday, May… Continue reading Hominy, oxtail and Lifted Spirits’ new spring gin are part of a three-course dinner at the Savoy

Lula Southern Cookhouse is serving up ‘real Southern food—not Midwestern Southern food’

Photography by Caleb Condit & Rebecca Norden.

Southern cooking is complicated for lots of reasons. No one can deny that, whatever you call it—soul, Southern, comfort—dishes like fried pig tails have roots in slavery. It’s too much to unpack here, but it’s well worth acknowledging before heaping praise on a new restaurant where so much of the menu comes from Southern foodways.… Continue reading Lula Southern Cookhouse is serving up ‘real Southern food—not Midwestern Southern food’