review: verdantly criminal…
Green Pea Soup I’m filing a complaint. Chef Colby Garrelts of bluestem is abusing his diners. Witness: I was enjoying a magnificent spring pea soup (a little too much), poured around an airy quenelle...
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My friends never cease to amaze me with their generosity. Last week, I had dinner with one who was in Kansas City for the holidays. We hadn’t seen each other for months. Unexpectedly, he pulled out a...
View Articlegiveaway: bluestem, the cookbook…
For years, I had been telling my friend, Colby Garrelts, chef-owner of bluestem in Kansas City, that he should write a cookbook. The Midwest was grossly under-misrepresented on the cookbook shelves...
View Articletravel: meet me in st. louis…
~ Although I’ve spent countless hours at Lambert Field (I’ve flown through it more than any other airport in the world, by far) my time in St. Louis has been slight, a half-dozen one-nighters over the...
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