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Seg 1: Best Birds | Seg. 2: Fall Restaurant News

Segment 1: Thanksgiving's got us thinking about turkey (and duck and quail and pheasant).

Hunters and chefs are making plans for fall birds. From the key to a good brine to the effect of flooding on duck season, we get the inside story. Plus, the food critics help us find the best places to go in Kansas City for the fowl-less-eaten.

  • Charles D'Ablaing, owner, Brookside Poultry Company
  • James Worley, outdoorsman, conservationist, squirrel-grilling champion, self-described tomato whisperer
  • Jenny Vergara, contributing editor, Feast Magazine
  • Liz Cook, food critic, The Pitch
  • Mary Bloch, food critic, Central Standard

Segment 2: The food critics discuss the biggest restaurant stories this season.

Some exciting new places have opened this fall and Central Standard's food critics let us in on their favorites. But it's also been a season of goodbyes: what the most surprising restaurants closings of the past few months say about the dining culture in Kansas City.

  • Jenny Vergara, contributing editor, Feast Magazine
  • Liz Cook, food critic, The Pitch
  • Mary Bloch, food critic, Central Standard
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