Happy New Year's, Hampton Woods! Get ready to toast 2011 with this great champagne recipe for a Holiday Mimosa from www.AllRecipes.com!  If you're celebrating New Year's Eve with little ones, try substituting the champagne with ginger ale.  Enjoy! Ingredients 1/4 cup orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®) 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 cup orange... [Read more...]

If you could only eat when brand of fast food french fries for the rest of your life, which would it be: Burger King, McDonald's or Wendy's?  For me, it's McDonald's...hands down.  There is something about hot, greasy, salty McDonald's fries that I just can't say no to! Well, it looks like Wendy's wants their customers to have that same feeling about... [Read more...]

When was the last time that you visited the Shawnee Farmers' Market at City Hall (11110 Johnson Drive)?  If its been a while, I've got a great reason for you to go back!  Try this simple recipe for Summer Corn Salad.  It's absolutely delicious and requires very little cooking to prepare (and who wants to turn on the hot oven in their apartment more than they... [Read more...]

Most of us love a good beer, don't we?  But how many of us casual beer drinkers know the proper way to taste and savor it?  Sure, wine tasting is immensely popular for some, but some of us beer drinkers know a thing or two about the fine art of tasting.  For those that would like to know more, here's a shortened "how-to" guide.. Look Raise the beer... [Read more...]

Who's got the best burger in the Kansas City metro area?  According to the Food Network's new 50 States, 50 Burgers report, it's one of either two spots.  See, what they attempted to report on was the one "must taste" burger in each state.  But with Kansas City's unique geographic location right on the border of Missouri and Kansas, they actually have two... [Read more...]

So many sandwiches, so little time!  We all have our favorites.  Mine is half-turkey, half-pastrami with lettuce and provolone.  What about you?  If you had two pick between two of the most common sandwich types, Hampton Woods, which would you pick?  Take our sandwhich survey (in the column to the right). Read More →

I looove BBQ! Chances are that you do to.  So I'm wagering that you're probably already planning to hit up the Great American Barbecue Festival this weekend at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone in Bonner Springs. Competitions on Saturday will include the Open, where contestants will cook meats ranging from beef to pork butt, side dish, dessert and a rib eating... [Read more...]

Did you know that the Chocolate Chip was invented at the Toll House Inn in Massachusettes around 1937?  Neither did I until Google told me.  I was looking for a good excuse to post a chocolate chip cookie recipe and this was as good as any that I could come up with...not that any excuse is needed to post a chocolate chip cookie recipe.  The cookie is reason... [Read more...]

We now know that buying in-season fruits and vegetables, particularly produce that has been grown locally, is better for our environment (and probably our taste buds and bodies too).  But it also provides an exciting opportunity to try new foods and to experiment with seasonal recipes! Check out this recipe for Asian Roll Lettuce Wraps.  If you make it,... [Read more...]

Do you shop for your fresh food and produce locally? If not, you may want to give it some serious consideration. Although today's global market allows us to buy foods grown almost anywhere in the world at any given time, this option is not the most sustainable. Buying in-season fruits and vegetables that are locally grown helps to eliminate the environmental... [Read more...]

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