Food/Dining

A LUSCIOUS, GRAPE-BASED AUSTRALIAN VODKA IS NEW TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA

A sweet, lovely vodka from Down Under is sashaying its way to top shelves in restaurants and bars around the metro.

American fisheries stepping up to the plate with their own caviars

There’s an ocean’s worth of flavor in caviar. Each petite pearl is heavy with crisp, briny juices — the sea’s version of terroir.

The trend is toward elaborately decorated, three-dimensional creations
in sophisticated flavors

Today’s brides know plain-Jane buttercream is blasé. Those kitschy plastic couples atop the wedding cake? Passé!

Lidia’s four-course feast takes your taste buds to Italy

Author Frances Mayes ignited a passion for all things Tuscan in her best-selling memoir, Under the a Tuscan Sun.

Every Monday, Lidia’s Kansas City in the Freight House District rekindles those flames with its Tuscan Grill feasts. The Tuscan Grill is a four-course, prix fixe, Tuscan-inspired dinner composed of seasonal, often local, ingredients. The menu changes weekly.

Japan’s treasured Akaushi beef makes its way to KC

All it took was a little American ingenuity.

That and a loophole in the Trade Act of 1992, two years of litigation, a specially equipped 747 airplane and a team of bodyguards — all to bring a small herd of cattle from Japan to the United States.

Celebrate that hole-in-one with a Watson family vintage

The Masters Golf Tournament, the granddaddy of American golf tournaments, is one of the most prestigious in the world. The roster of winners who’ve donned the emerald green jacket make up a who’s who in the golf world: Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, to name a few.

Herald spring celebrations with a tray of international delights

The season of celebration is upon us: holidays, graduations and weddings, for starters. And if you’re playing host to any good-cheer gathering, simplify at least one thing on the to-do list: the cheese tray.

Jo Ellen Leifer is Ready to Teach You

Foodies, take note: A great cooking class is as close as your granite counter. Well, at least as close as Jo Ellen Leifer’s granite counter.

The Prairie Village cookbook author of Cooking Wwith Class offers cooking classes in her kitchen every Tuesday night. In-home cooking classes are a hot trend right now because of the comfort and camaraderie they offer.

Third president inspired this spirit

Thomas Jefferson was a man of many accomplishments: a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, a forward-thinking farmer, our nation’s third president.

Destination Dining has gone country.
Husband and wife/executive chef and general manager Jonathan Justus and Camille Eklof are serving inspired foods crafted from locally grown, seasonal ingredients at Justus Drugstore: A Restaurant in Smithville.