Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Joe West, Executive Chef/Owner at Kusshi, will give a cooking demonstration at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 16, at Powell Gardens. kusshikc.com
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Cooking Demonstration by Chef Lisa Burgess and Culinary Arts Students from the Career and Technology Center at Fort Osage in Independence, Mo.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Grilled All-Blue Potatoes topped with chipotle crema
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Craig grills the potatoes in this stainless steel pan.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Gay Jones prepping All-Blue Potatoes from the Heartland Harvest Garden
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Grilled Swiss Chard
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Often discarded, the stalks of Swiss chard are quite tasty--especially on the grill.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Swiss chard leaves on the grill
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Culinary Intern Abby Bryant helps prep the Swiss chard for the grill.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Grilled Baby Carrots
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Beautiful baby carrots from the Heartland Harvest Garden are ready for the grill.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Craig and Gay served Broadway Butcher Shop brats on grilled Texas toast points topped with country mustard and pickled fennel. So good!
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Craig Jones pickled fennel bulbs (from the Heartland Harvest Garden) to top the brats.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Grilling the perfect brat: Craig shows guests how to work with direct and indirect heat.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Culinary Intern Abby Bryant (left) helps Gay and Craig Jones prep for their demo.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
The perfectly grilled brat begins with a great tasting brat, and these from the Broadway Butcher Shop in Kansas City, Mo., are some of the best.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Gay and Craig Jones, owners of Savory Addictions Gourmet Nuts, preparing for their demo at Powell Gardens
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Thank you to Chef Stuart Aldridge at Broadway Butcher Shop for donating the brats and sausages for Craig's demo. They are delicious!
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Thank you to our friends at Smoke 'n' Fire in Overland Park, Kansas, for donating this beautiful Weber kettle grill to Powell Gardens! We love it!
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Abby Bryant plating samples for guests c
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Pamela Infranca (left), Ellen Knapp (center) and Abby Bryant
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chefs Pamela and Ellen preparing herb-roasted chicken salad wraps
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Cindy Ross serving fennel slaw
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Cindy Ross serving fennel slaw
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Chef Ellen Knapp