Celebrity & Chef Cookoff
I was on a judging panel for the Orpheum’s annual “Celebrity and Chef Cook-off” a few days ago. I have graduated from contestant to judge in the last few years, and I have to say that judging is no...
View ArticleFood: Wichita Asian Festival
The Wichita Asian Festival is coming up this weekend, and I’m excited about it. I have attended nearly every year since it started 32 years ago. What began as a small celebration with a smattering of...
View ArticleState Warns Against Kansas-Caught Fish Consumption
State officials have issued revised fish consumption advisories for 2013 because locally caught fish may be contaminated by environmental pollutants.Children and pregnant or nursing women are advised...
View ArticleInto It: The Strange Life Of Discontinued Breakfast Cereals
The cereal aisle is run by kids. It’s their purchasing power that brings TV shows, movies, and even stranger products together with the barons of breakfast.Mr. T cereal debuted in 1984 and was...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Doo-Dah Diner
Wichita has a relatively new fun breakfast and lunch spot, the Doo-Dah Diner, just east of the on-ramp to Kellogg, between Broadway and Market.
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Garden Grill Cafe
I am delighted that Chef Miguel Larcher, of the now closed vegan restaurant D’Sozo’, has found a new location and is back to cooking amazing, interesting vegan cuisine.His new place, the Garden Grill...
View ArticleSummer Food Program Offers Free Meals To Wichita Children
The Kansas State Department of Education and the USDA are sponsoring a summer food program again this year, for children up to 18 years old.Thirty-seven schools, community centers, and churches...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Hana Cafe
I have been going to HanaCafé since it was a little Rock Road hole in the wall.It was tiny then, and very simple and Japanese-looking, complete with a waving kitty and blue and white curtains.The menu...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: The Artichoke
If you don’t already know about The Artichoke, at 811 North Broadway in Wichita, you are missing out.
View ArticleGetting Locally Grown Foods To The Industrial Kitchens That Want Them
Douglas County has been awarded grants totaling more than $68,000 for a regional food hub feasibility study.The year-long study will determine whether 16 counties in the northeast corner of Kansas...
View ArticleFood: Mouthfeel
Lots of people I know are texturally sensitive eaters.They won’t eat anything slimy, bouncy, gummy, gelatinous or spongy. Even the idea of tapioca pudding gives them the shivers.
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: A Peek Into My Inspiration
I read cookbooks like novels, and I have ever since I discovered my mother’s late '60s edition of Betty Crocker. I have more than 400 food books, and I love them all, even the ones that aren’t very good.
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: Mole, Oaxacan Style!
Mexican restaurants abound in Wichita, and each is unique in quality, authenticity, menu and style.
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: Get A Good Knife. Seriously.
My knife is the most essential tool in my kitchen arsenal. All the beautiful, expensive pots and pans in the world cannot make up for a bad knife.
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: Spicy Advice
Spices and herbs are as essential as a sharp knife when creating delicious food.
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: Holiday Relaxation
The holidays can be extraordinarily stressful for even the most spirit-filled person.If you are the one doing the cooking, replicating a giant, fancy holiday meal can bring one to wit’s end,...
View ArticleTanya Tandoc: CHEESE!
When I was growing up in Newton in the '70s, I was unaware that there were more than five kinds of cheese.
View Article
