Subject: Michael Smith

• Hello Debbie, Goodbye Tommy

  June 11, 2008

• Hello Debbie, Goodbye Tommy

  June 11, 2008

• Despite serving marrow bones and pig’s ears, Michael Smith’s Extra Virgin requires no sacrifice

  January 29, 2009

• When the economy batters restaurants, new restaurateurs go for the safe and familiar

  February 19, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday 8/26

  August 26, 2008

• Kick 'Em Out!

  August 29, 2008

• Extra Virgin Block Party This Sunday

  October 3, 2008

• Slay Belles

  Late Night takes aim at the '80s with a drill team in drag.

  February 15, 2001

• Extra Virgin opening: about three weeks away

  November 12, 2008

• Give Pita a Chance

  September 27, 2001

• Beauty Is Everything

  October 11, 2001

• Seats still open for David Felton's lecture at Broadmoor Bistro

  Tonight at the Broadmoor Bistro, which is inside Broadmoor Technical Center, chef David Felton is preparing a special five-course formal meal with the help of the center's high school students.I've written before of the highly advanced meals put out by the students every Wednesday night, but Felton has designed a menu even beyond that, with dishes like day boat scallops with caramelized white chocolate cauliflower and unami oyster, not to mention caviar and truffles.Felton was a nationally recog

  January 13, 2009

• ESPN: Pioli in, Herm out?

  If the World Wide Leader says it, then it must be true. NFL sources tell ESPN's Michael Smith that the Kansas City Chiefs have hired Scott Pioli as the franchise's new general manager. Pioli was the New England Patriots vice president of player personnel and Tom Brady's personal masseuse. OK, one of those is true. ESPN says Pioli was seen cleaning out his office today. Another guy who should probably pack his office is Herm Edwards. ESPN says he's "likely" gone.Also check out:NFL.com: Pioli take

  January 13, 2009

• Maybe Herm gets to stay after all

  ESPN's telling anyone thinking Herm Edwards might be gone to checkity check yourself before you wreck yourself. "A source" drops knowledge on Michael Smith that a Herm Edwards return hasn't be ruled out ... for at least one more year. Supposedly new general manager Scott Pioli is coming in with "an open mind" and apparently Clark Hunt "prefers that Edwards remain the coach." Aww, damn it. At least we'll know by the end of the week. If Edwards gets canned, one name out there is New York Giants d

  January 14, 2009

• Best Unsung Chef

  October 18, 2001

• Cast-Off Cafes

  February 7, 2002

• Mystery Box

  June 6, 2002

• Paper Chase

  August 8, 2002

• Don't cry for me Argentina. Drink for me instead.

  The fundraiser/remembrance for former Kansas City Star food critic Lauren Chapin has sold out. If you didn't buy tickets in time, there's another event tonight you can go to instead.Extra Virgin's opening was moved back a couple of times, but since owner Michael Smith opened the tapas bar in December, he's kept the events coming. Tonight he hosts an Argentine Wine Dinner.  Smith will be in the kitchen cooking up the five-course meal that includes crab-stuffed peppers, braised pork cheeks, s

  January 29, 2009

• Michael Smith, Bluestem chefs honored by James Beard Foundation

  Restaurant Michael Smith owners Nancy and chef Michael Smith Chef Michael Smith, who co-owns both his namesake Crossroads restaurant and the newly opened Extra Virgin with his wife, Nancy, was honored this morning by the New York-based James Beard Foundation as a semifinalist in the "Outstanding Chef" category for the 2009 James Beard Awards. The list of semifinalists released today also includes Colby Garrelts, of Bluestem Restaurant, in the "Best Chef: Midwest" category. The final nomin

  February 13, 2009

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  June 1, 2006

• Colby Garrelts is a James Beard finalist

  The James Beard Foundation Award Finalists were announced yesterday at Frontera Grill in Chicago, and one Kansas City chef made the list. Colby Garrelts is one of the five finalists in the category "Best Chef: Midwest." Three of the other finalists are from Minneapolis, and one is from St. Louis.Garrelts, along with his wife, Megan, own Bluestem in Westport. He had been a semifinalist in the category for the past three years. Unfortunately, Michael Smith, who was among stiff competition in the s

  March 24, 2009

• Lidia Bastianich on the economy and bringing visitors to Kansas City

  From the back clockwise: Bastianich, director of sales Michael Naegele, director of operations Jason Connor, executive chef Dan Swinney Yesterday, Lidia Bastianich was in town lending her time and fame to the KCPT pledge drive and promoting her restaurant. I stopped by Lidia's Restaurant in the afternoon right after she had finished a luncheon with more than 100 of her fans. As the last of her lunch guests left, a small lady showing a little cleavage came out and there was no mistaking her. Lidi

  March 31, 2009

• You don’t have to wait for the last day of the Mayan calendar to make a trip to Fiesta Azteca

  March 12, 2009

• Letters from the week of February 19

  February 19, 2009

• For Kansas City restaurants, it was a tumultuous year

  January 1, 2009

• Acting like a snobby jerk will get you kicked out of tony restaurants

  September 4, 2008

• A changing city changes the perspective on Michael Smith

  September 4, 2008

• Through Thick and Zin

  Former Zin employees scatter after Alex Pryor sells to Michael Smith.

  May 3, 2007

• Spin Cycle

  March 23, 2006

• Go West

  Music abounds for day-trippers.

  May 29, 2003

• High Stakes

  A new theater company burns with enthusiasm.

  January 16, 2003

• Monster's Fall

  The Coterie's Frankenstein is only skin deep.

  October 3, 2002

• Take the Bait

  40 Sardines has everything in the can.

  August 22, 2002

• Despite swine flu, Cinco de Mayo still on

  What happened to New York City? I thought it was supposed to be a city of tough guys, vicious models and determined immigrants. Yet they cancel a Cinco de Mayo parade over a little swine flu scare. Fortunately we have thicker skin here in the Midwest (plus, more experience with pigs alive and dead). So swine flu be damned! There are still several events taking place around town today.A couple of these were featured in our dining newsletter Pitch Forks, and a couple I found out about today:The Ma

  May 5, 2009

• NBC Action News smells something fishy

  If you didn't catch the local news last night, KSHB really put it to many restaurants in the area who are serving fish that's not what they claim it to be. The station's reporters tested 20 restaurants who serve expensive fish. Of the 20, only three -- The Savoy, Bonefish and Islamorada -- actually served the fish advertised on the menu. Another five or so restaurants served a variation of the species or had legitimate excuses. The Red Snapper did serve snapper to an undercover reporter, just no

  May 13, 2009

• Extra Virgin

  March 19, 2009

• Chef Cole Mowry: Cooking, Cancer ... Mr. Mom?

  ​It sounds like a bad culinary pun, but it's true: Chef Cole Mowry has a lot on his plate these days. In the next few weeks, he'll turn 50, become a father, move to Virginia, maybe open a coffee house, definitely be changing diapers and making his own organic baby food. A year ago, he was just wondering if he would ever find another restaurant job -- but he was also enjoying a vacation with his new wife, Caralyn. Meanwhile, he'd been having some unusual stomach cramping. Then, last Octob

  August 3, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, November 10

  A recap of the Hen House Holiday Celebration and Chef Michael Smith's winning dish in the Local Chef Challenge. [Blog Well Done] It will make you want breakfast and lunch all at the same time, but here's a photo of Shatto cheese being aged in Roasterie coffee grinds. [Bean Baron]A Seattle television station puts Campbell's claim to put 32 feet of noodles inside each can of chicken noodle soup to the test on a football field. [King 5]It's annoying when a company makes the decision to offer you l

  November 10, 2009