Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard, Educator of Que and Cookbook Author, teaches classes at MBQI (Midwest Barbeque Institute at the Culinary Center of Kansas City).
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard talks with guests before his demo.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard grilled chicken thigh pieces on 'fire wires'.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef grilling potatoes for his grilled Bistro Potato Salad.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard is also known as the Educator of 'Que' and Sultan of Smoke.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard McPeake gives guests a closer view of the grilled potatoes.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard grilling potatoes.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Yukon Gold, All Blue and All Red potatoes grown in the Heartland Harvest Garden
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard McPeake with malabar spinach grown in the Heartland Harvest Garden.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
potatoes and malabar spinach from the Heartland Harvest Garden
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
The Olive Tree, which specializes in olive oils and balsamic vinegars, is located in the Hawthorne Plaza in Overland Park, Kan.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Thank you to the Olive Tree for donating olive oil and champagne vinegar for Chef Richard's demo.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard taught guests how to properly cut an onion.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
onions and leeks from the Heartland Harvest Garden combined with capers and parsley
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard serves guests 2013
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard serving guests 2
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard W. McPeake's Grilled Bistro Potato Salad with an Herb Caper Vinaigrette and grilled chicken
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
chicken on fire wires
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard threading chicken thigh pieces
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard with fire wires
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Richard's audience