Behold the ‘real baba’ at this new Overland Park restaurant

Photography Caleb Condit and Rebecca Norden

Baba ganoush is made from roasted eggplant, but it tends to be creamy and beige. The “real baba’’ at Hummus and Pita (8039 Santa Fe Drive, Overland Park) is a different beast altogether. It’s darker and chunkier, but it retains some of the purple fruit’s original form after being smoked, mashed and blended with pomegranate… Continue reading Behold the ‘real baba’ at this new Overland Park restaurant

Kansas and Missouri both face extreme teacher shortages–Missouri has a controversial solution

Small salaries, student loan debt, political agendas, angry parents—and an important job to do on top of it all. Teachers have been struggling with these things for years, and it’s starting to show through staffing shortages in both Kansas and Missouri. Missouri now has a solution, but is it really fixing the problem, or is… Continue reading Kansas and Missouri both face extreme teacher shortages–Missouri has a controversial solution