The Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition returns to The Uptown on Aug. 21. A dozen of the region’s best bartenders will battle it out onstage, in front of what has been in years past a happily raucous crowd. Each must prepare an original cocktail for a panel of judges (including Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail),… Continue Reading
We just caught a glimpse of the local Fat Tuesday parade—trombones and tubas thumping out jazz, kids with masks and beads, a happy crowd strolling down the street in the rain. I didn’t join in, but watching their fun did make me thirsty for a Sazerac. I’ve been itching to make one ever since the… Continue Reading
Apple cocktails probably weren’t exactly what the doctor had in mind, but they’re delicious all the same. I chatted about a few with Mitch Baker this morning on KCMO Talk Radio 710’s Live from Jasper’s Kitchen—here are the details: Non-alcoholic favorite: Fresh apple cider from Stephenson’s Orchard in Independence, Mo., and Louisburg Cider Mill in… Continue Reading