The following photo gallery is from the Vietnam Cafe located at 522 Campbell St., in Kansas City, MO. The cafe is open daily from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and closed on Tuesdays. The cafe offers a variety of menu items and specialty coffee, soda and tea, and is an inexpensive way…
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Review: Icebergs Italian Ice and Gelato in Liberty, MO
If you haven’t heard, there is a new dessert shop on the Liberty Square, called Icebergs Italian Ice & Gelato. They serve various flavors, offered in multiple sizes, of Italian ice and gelato, and you can even get a mixture of both, which is called gelati. You can get one,…
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Local business review: Sugar Kittens Cafe and Cattery
Although cat cafes are still a relatively new business genre in the United States, these lively shops stand as an exceptionally creative way to both enhance and support a local community. In addition to offering popular beverages and baked goods, cat cafes often partner with nearby rescues to socialize sheltered…
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Restaurant Review: PH Coffee
Comfortably nestled in Pendleton Heights, PH Coffee delivers on both fronts important to a successful coffee shop – coffee and aesthetics. It’s an unassuming place that you might accidentally drive by if you’re not aware of where you are going, but once you find it, you won’t be disappointed. The…
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Favorite fresh spring recipes
With the start of spring, fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs become more readily available and help to define some of my favorite springtime recipes. Bread is one of my favorite foods to make, and Focaccia is an easy and delicious option perfect for springtime. Traditionally, Focaccia is flavored primarily with…
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AFE: How to make a delicious bowl of toasted and flaked sugary corn or wheat, topped with your choice of milk
First, find the nearest bowl. You will also need some sort of utensil—a spoon, or a fork (if you are a monster). These tools will be essential in consuming this delectable, crunchy breakfast meal. Next, you will need to select the type of sweet, grainy flakes of food that will…
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How to Enjoy a Spring Break Day: A KC Staycation
Like many other students, I have hardly taken advantage of our first couple spring break days. They’ve been just as stress- and homework-filled as most other days. With our would-be spring break impending, I’ve decided to plan a Kansas City staycation so I can enjoy one of the upcoming days…
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Art and History Museums: The Virtual Experience
Throughout the course of COVID-19, ordinary activities had to be adapted to fit our new normal of social-distancing, mask-wearing and self-quarantining. Restaurants have adjusted to accommodate food delivery and pick-up, schools have switched to online learning and many jobs are now performed remotely. Although they may not be considered an…
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A Love Letter to Soup
When cold weather comes, there are many recipes that bring comfort and respite from the frigid Midwest winter and annual polar vortexes. Chicken and dumplings, pot pie, lasagna, chicken paprikash and tamales are all popular cold-weather comfort foods. But none of them compare to my favorite thing to cook up…
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