Kansas City Food Blog

Stopping in at Los Corrals brings praise for the tacos and a solid Indiana Jones joke. [Lunch Blog KC]

A photo tour and recap of the Trappist Beer Dinner at McCoy's Public House. [McCoy's via JJS in KCK]

This list of 25 fast-food toy offerings is a nice way to remember when you bought the food in order to get the toys. [Screen Junkies]

Food Inc., the documentary about the industrialization of food in America, is now out on DVD. Don't eat popcorn while you watch this. In fact, don't eat anything. [Pop Watch]

An off night at Grinder's leads one blogger to wish for the good old days of friendly service and an inspiring beer list. [Food, K.C., and Other Things]

A taste of Boulevard's newest Smokestack series entry -- Harvest Dance Wheat Wine Style Ale -- suggests that a 9 percent beer can be light. [By The Pint]

If you've ever had a bottle of wine but no opener, apparently you can use your shoe to uncork it. [Boing Boing]

A lesson in irony: A man in Oxford, Ohio, was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk while still wearing his Halloween costume -- he was dressed as a breathalyzer test. [Columbus NBC4i]

An ode to the Kansas City restaurants that are no longer here, with a special place reserved for the biscuits and gravy at Leonard's. [Gone Mild]

Meanwhile, Happy in Bag feels that Anthony's Restaurant & Lounge has been comfortably the same for the past two decades. [Happy In Bag]

In this video battle between forklift and vodka bottles, the machine wins -- and nearly $250,000 worth of vodka is destroyed. [Gizmodo]

Get ready for a rumble reminiscent of craft beers versus large-scale breweries, as Illy Cafe SpA plans to use exclusive contracts with independent coffee shops to go after Starbucks' market share in the United States. [The Wall Street Journal]

Drinks and a bite at Sullivan's Steakhouse results in high praise for the blue cheese dip and a Saved By The Bell reference.  [Lunch Blog KC]

A stop at On The Rise Bakery in Osage Beach, Missouri, shows some tasty-looking beignets with a raspberry melba sauce. [52 Donuts]

The newly re-opened Absolute Icebar in Stockholm, Sweden: a gimmick that's worth experiencing once in your life. [NotCot]

Here's a recipe for creamed corn, the kind that is the highlight of any picnic or fall meal. [Ezra Pound Cake]

Swagger is now serving Magic Hat -- a Vermont beer that all Missourians should get to know. [The Wort Hog Beer Blog]

A recap of the Wagyu and Malbec event at the Benton's Steak and Chop House and a word on pairing meat and wine. [The Making of a Foodie]

Forget gingerbread houses. The future is the Ritter Sport chocolate bar house, as evidenced by this video of LEGO Certified Professional Nathan Sawaya building with candy bars instead of the toy bricks he usually uses for sculptures. [Serious Eats]

This question-and-answer session with an alleged McDonald's executive covers everything from Super Size Me to how to game the menu. [Reddit]

A collection of the worst restaurant Web sites in the city, with explanations of why they made the list. [KC Lunch Spots]
 
We've got a few more holidays left until Christmas, but you can already get peppermint ice cream in the grocery store. [Around the Block]

You think the last time your knife slipped in the kitchen was scary? This collection of kitchen injuries from chefs in New York City is ghoulish. [MetroMix]

Get ready for Jelly Belly flavored sodas. Because the last time you had a Coke, I know you were wishing it was as sweet as a jelly bean. [Bev Net]

A night at Barley's Beer School learning about Orval beer from brewer Jean-Marie Rock and Boulevard brewer Steven Pauwels. [KC Beer Blog]

Everyone has a "secret snack of shame," and food bloggers can come up with some pretty bizarre combinations. [Simmer Till Done]

If you're looking for a disgusting, but possibly delicious, meat-based recreation of a human hand, here's meatloaf like you've never seen it. [Not Martha]

A look at why Kansas City barbecue is so cheap, through a video tour of some of the city's most well-known joints. [WalletPop, via Tony's Kansas City]

An improvised version of pasta carbonara leads to the suggestion that cooking is more about feel than exact measurements. [Gone Mild]

A defense of recounting meals on Twitter and thoughts on such tweets' historical origins. [Average Jane]

Can Americanized Chinese food succeed in Mexico? A look at P.F. Chang's planned expansion south of the border. [Time]

Kansas City will host its first ever Restaurant Week from January 22 to 31 in 2010. To date, eight restaurants have signed up to participate. [Reuters]

The pies at Pizza Bar gets panned as way too bland. [Living in the Scoot Utopia]

The Roasterie's Danny O'Neill is back from Panama with stories of the coffee farms and mills. [Danny's Musings]
 
A recipe site that breaks down the costs according to price per portion and each ingredient. [Budget Bytes]

The first Dunkin' Donuts is slated to open in Kansas City on November 12,. Can the first Tim Horton's be far behind? The Canadian equivalent of the coffee-and-donuts chain is planning a widespread expansion plan in the United States. [Brandweek]

A peak at the wine and beer selection at MDL Wine and Spirits in Overland Park. [KC Beer Blog]

Thumbs up for Shatto gouda and some thoughts on what beers go well with cheese. [The Liquid Diet]

Could you bring yourself to eat a 70-year-old lobster? What if it was covered in melted butter? [Bloomberg]

Here's what happens when you get banned from the food co-operative. [The New York Times]

Pumpkins are not just for jack-o'-laterns. Here are guides for making pumpkin soup and pumpkin puree if you can't find canned pumpkin at the grocery store. [Blog Well Done, The Expatriate's Kitchen]

It turns out you can eat quite a bit on $40 a day in Kansas City, with trips to Blanc Burgers & Bottles and Extra Virgin. [Hot Blog on a Stick]

They may look pretty, but wedding registries' kitchen gadget staples are in most cases completely unnecessary -- and here are the cheaper alternatives. [The Boston Globe]

A new study from Germany suggests that acidity levels in white wine may be eroding the enamel on your teeth faster than red wine. The good news? You don't need teeth to enjoy wine. [BBC News]

An exhaustive list of barbecue joints in Kansas City and the surrounding area with a few words of praise or damnation for each. [KC Wired]

A thumbs up for Matchstick BBQ and a suggestion that they might have the best sauce in the city. [KC Lunch Spots]

Halloween brings out the crazies -- and there is nobody better prepared for designing an out there Halloween party than comic Amy Sedaris. [Epicurious]

George Wendt didn't think beer would end up defining his career. Then he got the part of 'Norm' on Cheers -- now he's got a drinking guide that hit the market yesterday. [MSNBC]

Thumbs up for Shatto cheese, which is now available at the Whole Foods at 91st Street and Metcalf in Overland Park. [Hot Blog on a Stick]

A visit to the regional offices of the Seattle Fish Company and a look at fresh fish in Kansas City. [Making of a Foodie]

Whatever you think of the Royals, at least you're not paying $10 a cup for hot cocoa at Kauffman Stadium. [Consumerist]

The Burger King Double Cheeseburger is officially available, and it's $1. [So Good]

The Roasterie continues with updates from founder Danny O'Neill, who encounters everything from armed guards to red coffee cherries on the Mexico-Guatemala border. [Life on The Rim]

A visit to Lufti's Fried Fish Buffet finds the fried catfish to "be the star of the show." [KC Lunch Spots]

With Gourmet ceasing publication, the future of the magazine's Web site is uncertain. Here are the 25 recipes to print out before they potentially disappear into the ether. [Slashfood]

The top five beer drinking towns in the United States. The rankings appear to be based on number of breweries and craft beer options. [Men's Journal]

This "artistic interpretation" of KC Beerfest includes a sampling of Boulevard's Nutcracker Ale. [Show-Me Beer]

A review of some of the most interesting offerings at KC Beerfest and thoughts on the crowd. [KC Beer Blog]

Score a victory for cane sugar! Pepsi is bringing back Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup -- for eight weeks, beginning on December 28. [Pepsi Throwback Hub]

Once you drop your Palm Pre in your beer, let it go, man. See what it looks like here. [PC World]

When your co-worker has a cup of coffee that smells like maple syrup, there is only one solution -- eat pancakes. [Frighteningly Uncommon Sense]

This is the time when there are more pears and apples than you know what to do with. Here's an idea -- make pear butter. [Everything Begins With an E]

Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer's new nonfiction book Eating Animals considers whether to be a vegetarian in light of becoming a father. [Culinate]

A review of microwavable pork rinds. Our transition to the world envisioned in Wall-E has begun. [Grub Grade]

The many delicious uses of onion soup onions -- hint, it's not just soup. [Simmer Till Done]

Imperial Stout is back at McCoy's Public House and the next Brewmaster dinner is coming up shortly. [JJS in KCK]

A taste test involving the Jones Soda Halloween flavors -- candy corn might not have passed. [Slashfood]

There's a lot more in the world than spaghetti and meat sauce. Allow your pasta horizons to be broadened via the recently translated Encyclopedia of Pasta. [The New York Times]

An essay on the importance of buying local before a recommendation of the top 10 local chain restaurants. [The Making of a Foodie]

Disappointment over the fact that the Osceola Cheese Shop can't even do cheesy well. [Gone Mild]

A new study suggests that our sense of smell might be tied to emotional sensitivity -- so now you know the reason you cry at the sight of a dropped cupcake. [National Geographic]

If you were having trouble picking up women, this iPhone app from Pepsi promoting AMP energy drink is probably not the way to improve your game. [Jezebel]

Thoughts on U-Gene's Deli & Pizza being reviewed on Check, Please! [Hot Blog On A Stick]

Cooking with pumpkin is apparently a lot like having sex -- instructions for one of those included in this blog post. [Kansas City With The Russian Accent]

It's never too early to pre-game for Thanksgiving -- here's more than you've ever wanted to know about the history of cranberries. [The Boston Globe]

If you've ever imagined a keg on wheels, now your dream has come true. You just have to move to Portland, Oregon, to see it. [Wired]

Mark you calendar: Saturday, November 7 is Irish Beer Night at Union Station. [Tir Na Blog]

An account of a recent trip to You Say Tomato and thoughts on the BLT and bierocks. [Hot Blog On a Stick]

The Food Network's Alton Brown talks about his show Good Eats and the first of three cookbooks. [Onion's A.V. Club]

South Park sounds off on the potentially explosive effects of eating at Chipotle. [The Live Feed]

A photo essay on fall colors based on a recent harvest. [The Expatriate's Kitchen]

A rave review for Jack's Discount Liquors on 95th Street and a wine recommendation to boot. [KC Beer Blog]

From ice cucumber to fire, 13 Pepsi flavors you might not want to try. [Oobject]

Is pumpkin the next super food? Here's a breakdown of the ubiquitous fall fruit's health benefits. [Miami New Times]

A recipe for pumpkin dog biscuits, a natural stomach relaxer and tremendous distraction for trash-eating dogs. [Simmer Till Done]

A good look at the sign of Toad & Perk, the coffee bar-beer bar combo, is enough for one blogger. [Chimpotle]
 
Slate works it way through a selection of upscale yogurts. [Slate]

Start saving for Christmas because the first gift on your list should be the $25,000 (fully working) cupcake car from Neiman Marcus.

A trip to Taco Via is a trip back to the '80s, where tacos were simpler and fashion choices regrettable. [Hot Blog on a Stick]

KC Beer Blog adds another contributor. [KC Beer Blog]

Maloney & Porcelli has launched an Expense-A-Steak gadget, which allows you to generate a fake receipt with the real amount that you spent at the New York City steakhouse. [The Wall Street Journal]

Reddit has an interesting thread from someone claiming to be a former staffer on Top Chef 5 -- who breaks down the rules and exposes what goes on behind the scenes at the competitive cooking show. [Reddit]

A celebration of Vegan MoFo -- October is the vegan month of food -- and an invitation to an underground supper club. [Kansas City Food Circle Blog]

Oktobrewfest: an attempt to make rye beer and enjoy a day of German food and beer [The Wort Hog Beer Blog].

If you want to know whether you're actually saving money by bringing your lunch, try out the Sandwich Calculator. [Cockeyed]

Say goodbye to America's oldest food magazine. Conde Nast will shutter Gourmet because of slumping ad sales. [Yahoo]

A taste of the drink and food menu at One80 ends with a martini rimmed with Pop Rocks! [Show-Me Beer].

A recipe for gluten-free peanut butter cookies and a recommendation to use sugar, not Splenda. [Cooking With Carrie]

Everything good seemingly starts with chopped garlic. Here's a video guide on how to remove the garlic smell from your hands. [Chow]

Mrs. Butterworth has a first name -- it's Joy. You may now go back to not caring. [The New York Times: Media Decoder] 

After a visit to both locations, D'Bronx gets a thumbs up on the over-topped slices of pizza and the Reuben sandwich. [KC Lunch Spots]

A recipe for a meatless version of cannelloni that swaps in two kinds of cheese and spinach. [Blog Well Done]

7-11 tries to win over foodies in Hong Kong -- udon noodles with curry are the new go-go taquito. [Time]

A Texas woman settles an argument with the most decisive of gestures: frying and eating her husband's goldfish. [The Houston Chronicle]

A review of the Beer School at Barley's Brewhouse, and the news that Boulevard's Master Brewer Steven Pauwels will be collaborating with a Belgian brewer to produce a Belgian beer under Boulevard's name. [KC Hop Head]

A guide to baking bread that sounds like it might be possible for those of us who can't bake. [Making of a Foodie]

Books are safe in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, this weekend, but Brett Favre-named items are not. The Milwaukee Burger Company plans to burn Farve memorabilia as a charity fundraiser during the Packers-Vikings game. [UPI]

There's officially a reason to visit West Virginia -- and that reason is pepperoni rolls. [The New York Times]

A celebration of Boulevard's next installment in the Smokestack Series -- Harvest Dance Wheat Wine -- apparently scheduled for a November release. [Show-Me Beer]

A visit to Manifesto includes being fed a red bell pepper cocktail through a straw -- we should all have such Friday nights. [KC Beer Blog]

Starbucks' turnaround is apparently going full-steam ahead, in light of a recent rise in the stock price. [The Economist]

Should your cheese be flavored with inclusions (think, bacon bits or fruit)? Or is it best to let cheddar be cheddar? [The Guardian]

A recipe for chicken and olives over pasta so simple that it seems anybody could follow. [Gone Mild]

Construction finally stops in front of Scooter's Coffee House on 10th and Walnut -- although it's probably only a temporary break. [Living In The Scoot Utopia]

The 20 largest chef-run empires based on restaurants, merchandise and cookbooks. [Grub Street New York]

A cardboard prototype for a new half-gallon milk carton that could be recycled, unlike the standard containers. [Halogen Life]

A toast to Boulevard for capturing a gold medal with Zon at the Great American Beer Festival. [KC Beer Blog]

Hot Blog on a Stick discovers the White Trash Burger in Minneapolis -- and orders a particularly well-named beer. [Hot Blog on a Stick]

If you got customer service representatives from Oscar Meyer and Wonder Bread on the phone, could you solve the hot dog bun/hot dog package dilemma? Find out. [BuzzFeed]

The Food and Drug Administration banned fruit and candy-flavored cigarettes, but child safety advocates are more worried about the most popular (and still legal) flavor: menthol [USA Today].