Food & Drink

Chef Yahia Kamal started selling his dips and spreads around Kansas City in 2004. When Kamal opened his Palestinian American delicatessen in July 2021, his children saw an opportunity to embrace their family's food and history.

Squeeze the most out of the final days of summer with refreshing craft brews and spirits from around the city. Just make sure to stay hydrated.

The cafe is Kansas City’s first Vietnamese coffee shop – and the only one the almost 200-year-old neighborhood has ever had.

The new book "Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City" takes readers on a journey to discover the roots of Kansas City's favorite eateries such as the Colony Steakhouse, Allen's Drive-In and Smaks.

Whether you like them smashed, pub style or vegetarian, Kansas City has a burger for every taste.

High input costs have pushed up food prices at grocery stores. But local farmers have been able to keep prices more stable, and that’s attracting new customers.

Whether sweet or savory, these Kansas City bakeries have something special to satiate everyone's taste buds.

Sandy Wiehe has been running a stall for her business, San-Man Gardens, for years at the weekend farmer’s market. She knows the people like it hot, and she delivers.

In “Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City," author Andrea Broomfield catalogues the independently-owned cafeterias, burger shacks and diners that shaped the city's taste buds.

Kansas is dealing with the most severe teacher shortage it’s ever known, and it's likely to be even worse by the fall. Plus, celebrate Sliced Bread Day in Missouri with the story of how one small town revolutionized our food culture — and then forgot about it.

Chillicothe, Missouri, has an unusual claim to fame: It’s the town where pre-sliced bread first debuted back in 1928. The state has even declared July 7, Sliced Bread Day, as an official holiday. But despite being less than a century old, the origin of this revolutionary pantry staple was almost lost to history.

Moved to town or just visiting? Don't worry! Read KCUR's guide to Kansas City and pretty soon you’ll be arguing about barbecue, the proper way to pronounce “Plaza,” and crazy Missouri/Kansas drivers just like the rest of us.