Have we lost the ability to enjoy a simple meal because we can't stop judging what we're eating? That's one of the questions raised in this week'sDeadspin Funbag. As Jason laments:
Since we started watching food shows, my fiancee and I suddenly turn into douchebag judges and feel the need to critique everything.
During the past year of local chef interviews, no topic has been more polarizing than reality television. Some chefs would gladly take a turn on television in order to raise their profiles in the kitchen, while others don't even own a remote control. All have suggested in some fashion that what's shown on television is complicating their relationship with diners. Are reality cooking shows eroding our capacity to enjoy a dish without critiquing various aspects?
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by Justin Kendall
on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Pop-culture website Topless Robot has a list of "10 notable real-life superheroes (aside from Phoenix Jones)," and a former Kansas Citian is on the list.
A superhero named Nyx is still doing good works, helping the homeless and underprivileged. I heard about Nyx in 2009. At the time, she was preparing a move to New York. Sounds like she's made it to the area and is still doing good works.
The city's sports conscience talks about his favorite watering holes.
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by Justin Kendall
on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:00 AM
Sam Mellinger and Frankie
Occupation: Sports columnist at The Kansas City Star
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
Current neighborhood: Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
Who or what is your sidekick? Frankie, my pointer mix with an enormous vertical leap. No joke, she can scale a tree. Career high is maybe 12 feet off the ground. Traffic stops when we’re out on walks.
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? This is hard because I’ve honestly never considered anything else since I was about 15. I hope the answer is that I would teach or do something with a nonprofit like Big Brothers Big Sisters, but if it turns out that I’m not as altruistic as I hope, sometimes I close my eyes and imagine tending bar on a beach somewhere.
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by Justin Kendall
on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Susan Montee's children stood up for each other.
Missouri Lt. Gov. candidate Susan Montee's daughter and two sons were arrested after an altercation outside a bar in St. Joseph.
The St. Joseph News-Press reported that the Montee children were in St. Joe for Thanksgiving with their mother, former leader of the Missouri Democratic Party and former state auditor.
Police were reportedly called to break up an altercation outside a bar when they encountered Montee's children, who were celebrating a friend's 24th birthday.
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by Justin Kendall
on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Jesse Dimmick is suing his hostages for $235,000.
Jesse Dimmick wishes his hostages were struck with Stockholm Syndrome. Dimmick, convicted of holding a Topeka couple hostage, is suing his victims for turning him into police after he drifted off to dreamland, Fox 4 reported.
Dimmick is serving an 11-year-sentence for the 2009 hostage situation in which he held Jared and Lindsay Rowley at knifepoint while hiding from the police, who he said were out to kill him. Police were looking for Dimmick, who they wanted to speak with about a man killed in Colorado.
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by Abbie Stutzer
on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:30 AM
NPR's Michael Katzif really loves Lawrence's Hospital Ships. Back in May, the news organization spotlighted the band's song "Honey, Please." Now NPR has featured Hospital Ships on its Tiny Desk Concert series. Take a listen to the 11-minute-ish concert here.
Cultured folks and Keystone Light drinkers might not agree on much, but both have a genuine fondness for the crinkly red Solo Cup. The holder of keg beer and grain alcohol apparently instills feelings of nostalgia in us all.
In the past few weeks, Slate and NPR have waxed poetic about the ubiquitous plastic cup. While that cup might have seen you through high school parties in the woods and college parties indoors, it's hard to believe that red Solo Cups have ever held anything great inside them. Has it ever been what's inside the cup that mattered to you?
The original Paddy O'Quigley's (11851 Roe) — the unintentional nexus of Blue Valley alums on break and would-be cougars getting their karaoke fix — will close on Saturday, January 28, 2012. The Starreported last week that negotiations on a long-term lease fell through for the Irish pub and grill that has been operating in Leawood since 1990.
Gearheads and burger fans can unite at Jack in the Box.
Jacks will now be on hand at the Kansas Speedway for more than a handful of weekends a year. Jack in the Box opened last week at the Speedway shopping center (across from the Legends) in Kansas City, Kansas. The newest area burger spot at 10630 Parallel Parkway is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, joining Taco Bell, Olive Garden and Chick-Fil-A, all of which opened the previous year in the shopping center.
Soundgarden's sludgy sound, last night at the Midland (review)
Parisi's Pete Licata is a World Barista Championship semifinalist
Oklahoma Joe's ribs named the best in the country by The Daily Meal
Story celebrates with a pig roast and other weekend possibilities
Don't mess with the Army, feds remind two local businesspeople
KCPD will breathalyze patrons at Tanner's tonight
Homer's Drive-In: the oldest drive-through in the metro
Royals fan sprints on the field, steals rosin bag