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It's a Family Thing
February 26, 2009Metropolitan China
January 22, 2009Tiananmen Memoir
June 4, 2009Stealing Time: New Chiefs GM ... Gloria Squitiro?
You guys thought Carl Peterson was bad. Just wait until Kansas City's racially insensitive first lady Gloria Squitiro gets a crack at running the Chiefs. FuKCedCity breaks the bad news to a beleaguered metro.
December 17, 2008Best Place for a Cheap Date
January 27, 2000The Emperor and the Assassin
March 2, 2000Mouthing Off
September 7, 2000Joy and Luck
May 17, 2001Best Place for High Tea
October 17, 2002Best Remedy for Wanderlust
October 17, 2002The new China Syndrome
Marion NestleEverything is hunky dory in China! Or not. Actually, I'm guessing not based on the title of the speech by noted policy expert Marion Nestle at the Plaza Library tonight at 6:30.The speech is called "Red Scare: China and the New Global Food System." Nestle is a Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. She's written three books, and is a newspaper columnist and blogger.She's in town for a couple of days (more on that Friday) to talk about her new
February 11, 2009The Chips Fall
March 18, 2004Blame It on the French
July 22, 2004Getting the Shaft
August 12, 2004West Meets East
October 13, 2005Breakfast Buffet: Thursday, 3/19
Coca-Cola just got slapped down by China's government after it tried to buy a juice company there. [Time]For better or for worse, communes are back and quickly becoming popular. [CNN]Dubai is struggling in this economy but it's decided to make its case to tourists even more difficult by enforcing stricter laws in the city. Sorry lovers -- hand-holding and dancing is now out. [Economist]Selling good instant coffee is not enough. Starbucks plans to cut $500 million from its budget for 2009. [Biz J
March 19, 2009Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 3/27
KFC is already the second largest franchise in China but YUM brands, which owns KFC, is not content to just bring American fast-food to China. It also wants to bring Chinese fast food to America. [WSJ]Unfiltered wines -- wines that haven't had extra yeast or sediment removed from them -- are becoming popular again. [Forbes] How appetizing does a Big Mac in a flour tortilla* sound? For Canadians the answer is "very!" [Chicago Tribune]I can't tell you how many times I've been all dressed up and re
March 27, 2009A Good Inspection
November 30, 2006H&R Block Artspace offers a sharp, frank view of modern China
February 12, 2009Happy New Year
February 5, 2009The Rising Tide
February 5, 2009Chihuahua In the Coal Mine
February 5, 2009Eye-Boggling
January 29, 2009Up the Yangtze
July 17, 2008The Away Team
May 22, 2008Lee Bowers' nature drawings are best when they're fast and loose
April 24, 2008At Byron Cohen, two Asian artists work around hair and beauty
April 10, 2008Get your cadaver in on the action at Union Station's Bodies Revealed
February 28, 2008Dining for Dollars
A cheapskate’s tour of Kansas City restaurants reveals some surprises.
January 17, 2008Production Costs
November 29, 2007The Download
Saul Williams
November 8, 2007Nice Dragon
The Nelson mounts a new exhibition of ancient Chinese art.
October 18, 2007Download
April 6, 2006Taco-Eating Pandas
Down in Waldo, this is what those Chinese bears eat.
August 9, 2007Made In ...
May Tveit's thought bubbles go deep, to the other side of the world.
March 29, 2007China Girls
Hung Liu represents for the women.
March 15, 2007Technicolor Yuan
May 4, 2006B Is for B-Boy
September 15, 2005Weird War
Illuminated by the Light(Drag City)
August 18, 2005Fortune Smiles
NCK Restaurant is an authentically stereotypical Chinese restaurant.
July 28, 2005Jet Propelled
Zhang Yimou makes a soaring, mythic Hero out of Jet Li.
August 26, 2004Lost in Translation
At Sung Son Vietnamese Bistro, the flavors should be as bold as the décor.
January 8, 2004Steamed Table
The Pitch restaurant critic visits one too many super buffets.
May 30, 2002The New Evolution
At the H&R Block ArtSpace, ceramics artists play god.
February 28, 2002Buzzbox
Kirk Rundstrom Band
March 1, 2001Where's your food from? The game!
Shopping in the supermarket, it's easy to forget that all those fruits and veggies aren't brought in by a local Produce Pete but instead have made really long journeys from distant lands.The influx of products from abroad troubles Food and Water Watch, a non-profit consumer group working for a "safe and wholesome food supply with strong consumer safeguards at the slaughterhouse and processing plant." The group believes many people were unaware of where their food comes from, so it's created an o
May 4, 2009Is this milk supposed to be fizzy?
​Occasionally you have to wonder what soft-drink executives are thinking. According to the Times Online, Coca-Cola is test marketing a carbonated milk beverage, Vio, in New York City. The four main ingredients are skim milk, sparkling water, fruit and cane sugar. For now, there are four flavors: peach, mango, berry citrus and tropical colada. It doesn't need to be refrigerated and the taste is apparently "like a birthday party for a polar bear." A review for BevNET.com offered the following as
August 3, 2009Top 10 hot but liquor-free drinks
​Yep, it's cold outside. That makes us think about hot drinks. Here are the metro's Top 10 non-alcoholic warm-ups, according to Fat City: 10) Arrowhead Stadium -- Hot Chocolate. There's something about concession-stand hot chocolate: It's the right amount of sweetness and chalkiness that makes you feel like a kid again. 9) Madame Hatter's Tea Room -- Kansas City once had a dozen little tea rooms like this retro venue in Bonner Springs, mostly designed for ladies after a weary day of rig
October 15, 2009Looking East : Young Artists from China
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