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Day: July 5, 2025

Don’t say fusion: a look at the NEW WORLD of blended BBQ

Illustration by Lisa Maltby.

Forget the competing regional styles of barbecue. A few local pitmasters and chefs are looking to their roots to influence their smoked meats. Others are just getting creative. Either way, these joints are straying from KC-style ’cue and making something uniquely delicious. One of the most interesting trends in Kansas City barbecue in recent years… Continue reading Don’t say fusion: a look at the NEW WORLD of blended BBQ

Parkville Author and Octogenarian Says Joy Is Contagious

Photography by Samantha Levi.

Sieglinde Othmer woke up and she was 80. Her husband was dead, buried across the lake from their Parkville home. Her children lived far away. “How was I going to be joyful?” she asked herself. Othmer, who has a Ph.D. in social sciences from the University of Hamburg in her native Germany, had worked alongside… Continue reading Parkville Author and Octogenarian Says Joy Is Contagious