Not only did several dozen kids eat fruit, vegetables and whole-wheat pitas and hummus on a recent day at Lawrence's Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. They went back for seconds. And thirds.The lesson: Don't underestimate children. Many of them have more expansive palates than you'd ...

After taking a look at the giant menu on display near the register, I was overwhelmed by how many Indian dishes Cosmos offered during lunchtime. “Tomorrow we start lunch specials,” owner Amrutha Ravikumar said. “It will be limited during the day, so you won’t have that problem.”I left ...

I’ll be the first to admit that as much as I enjoy beer, I’m a complete amateur. When I was instructed to go to Free State Brewery and try the Black Snake, I had no idea what to expect, but I hoped the drink would look threatening and ominous. No letdown there.The bartender poured the ...

While it’s hard to walk into a Mediterranean hub and not indulge your falafel craving, the other (less pronounceable) dishes are just as satisfying. including the kufta kabob, the Mediterranean meatloaf. Made from a ground mix of seasoned lamb, beef and onions, the kabob is grilled and served ...

Steve Malone’s Chrysler Fury sold for a couple hundred dollars, and his mom chipped in $100. With another $100 from Ron Seibold's mother, the pair of entrepreneurs kicked off their new company. That was 1976, in Hays. Now, Lawrence-based Pines International Inc. — aka “The Wheat Grass ...

Fall and winter are campaign season at my house. Through pure coincidence, year after year, the cold seasons always end up being the time I go on quests to convince my husband of the virtues of certain foods. The first winter we were married, for example, was the year of the Brussels sprout. I ...