"kansas city star" news and stories

Blue Cheese. Photo: dewet, Flickr.

• Science claims that men really can drink women under the table.
• An elderly couple commemorates Veteran's Day with homemade Danish Peppernuts.
• At Parkville's Iron Horse your seating options are "car" or "caboose."
• A roundup of festive, locally made foods, including some non-perishables.
• A blue cheese dip made with turkey bacon, skim cheese and non-fat milk is not so bad for you.
• A Missouri winemaker attempts Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Mourvedre, all on his 10-acre vineyard.
• Students of the Broodmoor Bistro host a James Beard Night.

Photo: Juushika Redgrave, Flickr.

• A reporter and his daughter attempt to make their own Halloween candy and quickly vow to never do it again.
• Kansas City kids collected more than 850 pounds of sweets on Halloween night and gave it all away to benefit a charity that provides braces to low-income youths. Rest assured, the candy didn't go to waste, but to troops overseas.
• A recipe for a reduced-fat au gratin potato casserole pleases the palate.
• At The Drop, a small plates restaurant on Kansas City's "Martini Corner," how you want to eat is almost as important as what you want to eat.
• Sumo, a Japanese steakhouse in the suburbs, is a pleasant surprise with top-notch service, spicy salmon rolls and... spinning eggs?
• A raw food enthusiast uses finds from her Halloween harvest for a semi-healthy Welsh rarebit recipe.

A few weeks ago, we saw that Haagen-Dazs new flavor was to be Sticky Toffee Pudding, which bested the Toasted Coconut Sesame Brittle and Cannoli flavors. While the Toffee seemed to have its fans among our commenters, most people seemed to be pulling for the Coconut or Cannoli ice creams. Thanks to Jim Caccamo, an ice cream lover from Kansas City, you can try your hand at making cannoli ice cream at home. He has concocted a recipe that captures the flavor of the Italian treat as perfectly as possible, with a blend of ricotta, chocolate chips, pistachios and some candied fruit added to an egg-rich ice cream base.

If you don't have the equipment to make good ice cream at home, Jim has submitted the ice cream to a Ben & Jerry's recipe contest, so even though Haagen-Dazs missed their chance at the flavor, we could still see it on store shelves in the future.

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