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Hyenas may hold secret to preventing oral diseases

May 3, 2011
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By Ben Marshall Trident White.  Dentyne Ice.  Wrigley’s Extra Dessert Delights. In any given grocery store checkout aisle, dozens of tiny chewing gum packages bombard customers, each claiming to perform minor mouth miracles. And if a Kansas State University professor and researcher have his way, a mouth-watering new formula may find its place on crowded [...]

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Kansas City’s Slow Food District: A Table at the Heart of Our Community

May 12, 2010

By Jeanette Pryor Old Downtown Overland Park, two quaint, store-lined streets, is becoming Kansas City’s Slow Food District, its Culinary Center and specialty shops are delectable evidence that the local branch of Slow Food International is convincing people to center their lives around the joy of home cooked meals; meals made from the resources of [...]

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Dining out in Wichita: numbers reveal the truth

May 10, 2010

By Grant Guggisberg Trying to decipher which United States city has the most restaurants per capita is like guessing how many stars are in the sky. Everyone has an opinion, but nobody seems to know. The myth floating around the Sunflower State and beyond is that Wichita ranks second in the nation in restaurants per [...]

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Three ways to avoid The Freshman 15

May 6, 2010

By Erin White “The Freshman 15,” a thought that instills fear in the hearts of many new college students, can easily turn into an inevitable reality. It is important for students to understand how the changes in their eating habits will affect their body and wallet. Camille Korenek, director of Van Zile dining services at [...]

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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 [...]

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