Bryan Welch believes we are living in “the human moment.” No other species has been tasked with managing its own impact on its habitat, said Welch, publisher and editorial director of Mother Earth News magazine. He called this the “defining human achievement” as he prepared to lecture ...

When Olaide Babalola moved from Nigeria to Lawrence about 20 years ago, the cassava, palm oil and red beans he was used to eating were nowhere to be found. “We had to travel out to get food,” he said.After years of driving to Kansas City, Mo., to find their native foodstuffs, Babalola and ...

The Basil Leaf Cafe has made the move from a gas station startup into a standalone restaurant.Visitors to Basil Leaf’s new home, the drastically remodeled former Joe’s Bakery at 616 W. Ninth St., will find familiar touches but an overall different dining experience.Gone are the canopy of ...

There’s pimento spread from a jar squished between slices of Wonder bread.Then there’s the pimento cheese sandwich at the newly opened Merchants Pub & Plate — a warm, open-faced version featuring the restaurant’s own house-made pimento cheese spread, fried tomatillos and sprouts ...

My husband can make eggs better than a lifelong cook at a short order greasy spoon. Poached, fried or scrambled, I can never hope to equal his masterful skill so I rarely try. Breakfast has become almost entirely his domain, with just one little exception. When the first wind shift of fall hits ...

The after-midnight crowd at Java Break is overwhelmingly college students. Picture people either trying to sober up with a breakfast panini or amassing a big enough coffee-and-sugar buzz to plod through a couple more hours of Western Civ.Then again, as Java Break owner Derek Hogue and other ...