The restaurant's menu was by Bonnie Winston, a local culinary consultant
who created recipes for a much-imitated carrot cake and a wildly
popular Sunday-night pasta buffet.
McPeake -- now the executive chef at Jack Gage American Tavern -- worked with Winston in 1980, when Plaza III was undergoing a serious menu change.
"She's very talented," McPeake says. "In the early 1980s, the Prospect put out a booklet of recipes -- not a cookbook, but more like a pamphlet -- from the restaurant's favorite dishes. A friend of mine, Dan Durrick, a former Kansas City chef, was looking for the booklet, but I couldn't find one online anywhere."
I called Winston to find out if she knew where one could locate this out-of-print recipe packet.
"You can't," she explained. "They're like collector's items now. They're very, very hard to find. Just tell Richard to call me. I'll give him the recipe that he wants."
The rest of Kansas City will have to hope McPeake is up for meeting at Kinko's with a roll of quarters.
(Image via Flickr: Marcin Wichary)
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Those recipes are always the best. I have a packet but I don't have the chicken salad recipes that I love so much. Would love for someone to post the mustard chicken salad or the one with grapes and almonds. Thanks.
I have a set of these cards and treasure them. It's missing ONE card, that for the famous carrot cake. I took it with me to the store as an ingredient list and when my back was turned, someone stole the card from my cart. But no tears! The recipe is in my Beyond Parsley cookbook, another KC gem.
Danette! You always gave the most thoughtful gifts :-)
I'm thinking rather than scanning the cards, maybe Bonnie should re-issue them. New collector's items!
Karen - I'ts Danette, I was betting you would still have the recipes. I remember when you first got them, wish I had bought a set for myself.
Karen, Please have this scanned so the pitch can publish this (or have them scan it). I would love to have the recipes. Thank you so much in advance!
It would be worth calling or visiting the Missouri Valley Room at the downtown library. They may very well have kept something like this. They do have a photo of The Prospect online.
I have the recipe packet. There isn't one recipe card that couldn't be used today. They are all timeless and wonderful.
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