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The Chef: Where Manhattan gathers for breakfast

May 8, 2010

By Kate Barkman
Kurstin Harris knew Manhattan needed a breakfast place downtown and originally wanted to call it Two Cracked Eggs. With her husband, Kevin Harris, and good friend Zach Filbert they gathered their experience and went on a hunt for a location.
They opened in September 2008 at 111 South 4th Street. Harris had to give [...]

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Friendship House keeps ‘em coming to Wamego for bierocks, bread, breakfast

May 6, 2010
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By Claire Armstrong
In falling snow or scorching heat, a group of Manhattan bicyclists pedal 40 miles each Saturday to eat at The Friendship House in Wamego.
Down an older street just east of Main, The Friendship House sits with its welcoming porch, within the view of children playing in the city’s park. The cyclists sit in [...]

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Slow Food movement making waves in KC

May 6, 2010

By Tanner Randall
“Shake the hand that feeds you.”
Michael Pollan’s phrase from, In Defense of Food, brings attention to the subject of who or what is really feeding us.
For Americans living at an accelerated pace, obtaining food has gone from growing a garden and shopping at the local farmers market, to driving up to a window [...]

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