- Food: Steamed hake packs in the flavor
- May 16, 2012
- Admittedly, steamed fish doesn’t exactly scream mouthwatering. But what it lacks in excitement it more than makes up for in health cred.
- Food: Treat mom to a kid-and-dad-proof Mother’s Day breakfast
- May 9, 2012
- Here’s an at-home breakfast menu that features simple extras such as fresh herbs — not fancy techniques or hard-to-find ingredients — to make the dishes elegant enough to make mom feel special but easy enough for dad and the kids to whip up.
- Sprouting a sense of community: Basehor group garden opens
- May 2, 2012
- On Monday morning, Stephanie Swenson stood next to Pat Rogers, cup of coffee in hand, as they looked out at their vegetable gardens.
- Food: New way with a Southern classic: shrimp and grits
- 06:00 a.m., May 1, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- During a recent visit to a food festival in South Carolina, I was lucky enough to be invited to the home of Nathalie Dupree, cookbook author and Southern entertainer extraordinaire.
- A look inside the landfill
- Variety of activity — even wildlife — abounds inside the nearly 1,000-acre site
- April 25, 2012
- Behind the steep berms hiding it from public view, the Johnson County Landfill is home to both arid moon-like landscapes and lush green pockets teeming with wildlife. The Dispatch takes you on a photo tour of the largest landfill of its kind in the Midwest.
- HENS ON PARADE: Pets provide local attraction
- April 17, 2012
- Winnie Groshong pampers Paris and Pippa as they prance around her yard. They even have a poolside view — her home isn’t far from Tonganoxie Water Park. An American socialite and sister to British royalty?
- Home-schoolers to perform
- April 17, 2012
- Home School Connection youths will perform “The Princess and the Pea” next week at West Haven Baptist Church, 1100 West St. in Tonganoxie.
- Food: Almond-crusted chicken a quick dinner
- 03:04 p.m., April 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Ground seeds and nuts are a weeknight cook’s dream ingredient.
- Jackson’s journey: Basehor second-grader back in action three months after brain surgery
- April 12, 2012
- Jackson Oberndorfer holds his outstretched hand above his head as he sits in a chair in his family’s living room, twisting his torso as he shows you some basketball moves he’s been working on.
- Basehor-Linwood softball coach among participants in KU Hospital heart health program
- April 9, 2012
- According to a heart assessment, Susan Mayberry was prone to have a heart episode within 10 years.
- Area allergy specialist offers tips for surviving season
- 06:00 a.m., April 7, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Achoo. Sniffle. Sniffle. Allergy season arrived a few weeks earlier this year but it’s not as bad as it was a few years ago when pollen counts were 10 times higher than normal.
- Food: Have faith in these dessert recipes, for Passover and beyond
- April 5, 2012
- While my relatives looked forward to enjoying family favorites like chopped liver and gefilte fish in early April, they spoke about my bland and dry-as-dust Passover cake, when they mentioned it at all, with resignation and even dread. Instead of baking unexciting, if traditional, Passover cakes, I started to look for flourless desserts that were so good they were enjoyed year-round by diners of every faith.
- Food: A strawberry-apricot tart to get ready for spring
- April 5, 2012
- Like the traditional French tarte tatin, this spring pastry has caramelized fruit cooked on the stove. It then is topped with a pastry, baked and flipped out of the pan.
- Food: Simple, speedy popovers work for breakfast, too
- 07:48 p.m., April 5, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Dessert is an uncommon offering in my house, though not due to any we’re-too-healthy-for-that ethic. Rather, the typical day of work and errands and chasing a child tend to leave me with little time to consider dessert.
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Do you have any big summer trips planned, or will you take the staycation route?
We have family who live in Wisconsin, so we will go up to see them. We will do lots of fishing or sleeping in the boat, depending on what’s biting. We will be around Tongie most of the summer to help prepare our kids for their fall seasons, too.”
