Are these Kansas City’s new best bagels?

Photography by Zach Bauman

You could spend a month reading about the science of bagels before coming to some understanding of how to properly deploy barley malt syrup and jute. That’s probably why you’ll find a lot of talented bakers eventually try their hand at making the perfect boiled-then-baked breadstuff. That extends to Providence Pizza’s co-owner Luke Salvatore, who… Continue reading Are these Kansas City’s new best bagels?

The Queen of ‘Pop’: How an innovative KC pastry chef developed an iconic treat

Helen Jo Leach, creator of the Cake Pop/Photo by Caleb Condit and Rebecca Norden

If you want to be even more specific about it, the cake pop was the brainchild of Helen Jo Leach, a pastry chef who used to work at Milk Bar and is now at the Hotel Kansas City’s dining operations, including Town Company, Nighthawk and the slept-on Lobby Market.

A New American restaurant “with a lot of Asian Flair” is opening at Bluhawk

Menu items at Of Course Kitchen and Company (7753 W. 159th St., Overland Park) which is projected to open in late May or early June in south Overland Park/Courtesy photo

Swetha Newcomb is a private chef, dishing up her own brand of worldly cuisine for her clients. Of Course Kitchen and Company (7753 W. 159th St., Overland Park) is projected to open in late May or early June.