Our Newest KC Food Guy! Carlton never had a chance. He was destined for a career in the food industry. As a kid, he watched his father grilling and smoking on the weekends. In the summer, he sometimes spent his days at his godparents’ bakery. He greeted customers and watched his godparents decorating cakes and glazing donuts. In his teens, the baking bug bit him. And he … [Read more...]
YouTube Bacon Week – Bacon Poppers
If you like a little heat with your bacon how about some Bacon Poppers with bacon wrapped stuffed jalapenos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOHrnS4N14s Ingredients 6 jumbo jalapeno peppers 8 oz softened cream cheese 1 lb bacon Instructions Rinse your peppers under cool water. Cut the stems off of the peppers, then cut the jalapeno peppers in half length … [Read more...]
YouTube Bacon Week – Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Nothing looks better than a weave... I mean a bacon weave and if you're going to weave bacon you might as well wrap that bacon around a pork loin. Why would someone need to wrap pork, with pork? Because as Chris Rock tells us "Bacon is your friend!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohDTvcEtWY … [Read more...]
YouTube Bacon Week – Make Your Own Bacon
Get yourself a pork belly and make your own bacon. Every recipe I've ever done from America's Test Kitchens has been awesome. Why would this bacon be any different. Therefore it's time to make your own bacon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYH3Z0Hp1Wo … [Read more...]
YouTube Bacon Week – Eggs in Bacon Baskets
Whats better than Bacon and Eggs in the morning? How about Eggs in Bacon, baskets. Breakfast will never be the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a-dV9P7Wr4 Here is the short list of ingredients: 5 eggs less than 1 cup (200 ml) of heavy cream 24 slices of bacon 3 tbsp of parmesan cheese a few basil leaves (or spinach) salt and pepper to … [Read more...]
YouTube Bacon Week – Bacon and Beer Pretzel Sticks
This week we are going to focus on the KCFoodGuys favorite ingredient, Bacon! So every day this week we are going to share the best of the best bacon recipes from YouTube. … [Read more...]
Pre-Made Sushi at Kona Grill?
So Mother's day was just a few days back and my lovely wife, the mother of my food monster's, asked to go to Kona Grill on the Plaza for Mother's Day. So after church we drove on down to the Plaza and got some rock star parking in front of Kona Grill. The food monsters were reasonably behaved. My wife and I ordered a few of the sushi rolls for us and the chicken strips and a … [Read more...]
Pizza Wars: Johnny Jo’s vs Providence Pizza
The KCFood Guys Pizza Wars continue with an unlikely pairing of Johnny Jo's just off the Plaza at 1209 W. 47th Street versus Providence Pizza at 12925 US-71, in Grandview. Plaza vs Grandview? Both are Yelp KC Pizza All-Stars with 4.5 Stars but Johnny Jo's currently has 79 - 5 Star reviews vs Providence with 20 - 5 Star reviews. To the mattresses we go. … [Read more...]
El Pulgarcito – Pupusas Heavan
So last week I'm looking for a place to meet my wife near CarMax & Ikea. On Yelp I noticed a little place in Merriam called "El Pulgarcito" with 4 stars. I assumed it was Mexican since pretty much anything written in Spanish automatically gets labeled as Mexican by me. Wish I could read it but I can't. Well I didn't make it there with my wife, Runza won out that day, but I … [Read more...]
A Starbucks Breakfast
One of my favorite ways to start out the morning is in the Starbucks drive-thru. Evidently I'm not alone at the 135th & Briar location in Leawood. I thought the Leawood Barbies weren't allowed to start their SUVs until after 8am on a weekday? Evidently Starbucks must be their first stop. No matter the morning the cars are stacked up at least eight deep and on heavy … [Read more...]