TEDxKC is Friday, lineup includes an exciting mix of topics

TEDxKC speaker Bettymaya Foott, courtesy photo

At 6 p.m. this Friday at the Kauffman Center, TEDxKC will have a lineup of ten speakers whose expertise range from a sky full of stars to the key to happiness to a MacArthur Genius. The theme is “Emerge. Breaking Through. Branching Out.” and all ten speakers are sure to deliver. TEDxKC is “one of… Continue reading TEDxKC is Friday, lineup includes an exciting mix of topics

Review: Brookside restaurants Brady & Fox and Earl’s Premier bring homestyle cooking from opposite sides of the Atlantic

Photography by Caleb Condit & Rebecca Norden.

The definition of “comfort food” tends to vary depending on who you ask. At two new Brookside restaurants, Brady & Fox and Earl’s Premier, the term applies both to time-honored Irish recipes and East Coast oysters, respectively. You’ll find fish and chips at both of these transatlantic spots, but more importantly, you’ll get to sample… Continue reading Review: Brookside restaurants Brady & Fox and Earl’s Premier bring homestyle cooking from opposite sides of the Atlantic

Tyler Shane’s beautiful bonbons have a deeper meaning

Photography by Caleb Condit & Rebecca Norden.

Mesoamericans called it food of the gods. From central Mexico down to Honduras, where the cacao tree grows native, ancient Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs would gather the oblong fruit and break open its pod to reveal the sweet, gummy white bubbles of pulp. The pulp was delicious, but it was the cacao seeds at the… Continue reading Tyler Shane’s beautiful bonbons have a deeper meaning