Frank's North Star Tavern is going to the birds. One bird in particular, actually. A chicken, thought to belong to one of the bar's neighbors, has been hanging around Frank's parking lot for months, says tavern owner Frank Dorsey. He hadn't seen the little red hen for a while, he recalls, ...

http://twitter.com/715Restaurant/status/590635888780128256 It's springtime in northeast Kansas, and for the past few weeks, the Journal-World newsroom has been abuzz with talk of a very special fungus: the [morel mushroom][1]. Journal-World photographer and resident mushroom hunter ...

Some of Lawrence's best and brightest culinary minds are coming together to raise money for the Sunrise Project. The [Lawrence organization][1], which garnered its nonprofit status earlier this year, aims to "provide education and community engagement around the intersection of food, the ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/apr/15/290116/ "Serving Up Tradition Since 1953." So reads the weather-worn, metal sign outside [Johnny's Tavern][1], the north Lawrence establishment that men's lifestyle website Thrillist recently named the most iconic bar in Kansas. Thrillist ...

It's just past 3 p.m. Friday, and Eric Ireland, owner and operator of Torched Goodness creme brulee, has some bad news to deliver to a few customers who have just ambled up to his cart outside of Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. After two hours on its first day open, he's down to his ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/apr/03/289498/ Matt Baysinger and Lucas Thompson, the self-described ["soda dorks"][1] behind downtown Lawrence's Mass Street Soda, are taking their love of sweet, fizzy drinks to the Kansas City area. The space, located in the Legends outlet mall in ...