by Sharm | Jun 29, 2015 | Articles
Chipotle Cultivate
On Saturday, July 18, Chipotle the will bring their Cultivate Festival to Kansas City.
So what is the Cultivate Festival you ask?
Well it is a family friendly day at Penn Valley Park where you can enjoy listening to bands (Max Frost, St. Lucia, Betty Who, Small Pools and Portugal The Man), watch celebrity chef demonstrations (Graham Elliot, Amanda Freitag, KC’s own Colby Garrelts as well as others), sample products from local food artisans (Rye, Little Freshie, Shatto, Poppy’s Ice Cream and more), enjoy beer and wine tastings, and learn how to make Chipotle’s addictive guacamole!
Special cultivate exhibits include short films on sustainability, why Chipotle will not use any GMO foods, factory vs farm, guac from scratch and fresh vs processed. Collect stamps from each of the exhibits and earn a free Chipotle reward!
Chipotle’s amazing food will be available including dishes from their Shophouse Rice Bowl Restaurants which is Chipotle’s Southeast Asian Kitchen concept and Pizza Locale a new pizza concept coming to KC from Denver! All dishes will cost around $6.00.
Chipotle Taco
For beverages KC’s own Boulevard Brewing Company has created a Cultivate Farmhouse Ale for the festival. I happened to get a sneak taste of it and it is pretty darn good and well worth the $6.00 that the festival will be charging for beer and wine. Other beer vendors include Schlafly, Stone Brewing Co., Free State, KC Bier Co and more. Wine will be available from KC’s own Somerset Ridge.
Boulevard’s Cultivate Farmhouse Ale
The event is free to attend and runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Check out the Chipotle Cultivate website for information on music line-up, celebrity chefs, artisans, vendors, times, directions and more.
The Chipotle App
You can also download the Chipotle Cultivate App to get updates, news and information about the festival.
See you there!
In Good Taste,
Sharm
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by Sharm | Jun 15, 2015 | Articles
Below is the official press release for the VIP Giveaway from Chipotle for a trip for four to the MLS All Star Week.
Chipotle All Star week hat
CHIPOTLE CELEBRATES MLS PARTNERSHIP WITH SWEEPSTAKES OFFERING VIP GETAWAY TO 2015 AT&T MLS ALL-STAR WEEK
Text-To-Win Sweepstakes Will Provide Trip To The 2015 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game And 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Games In Denver
DENVER, June 4, 2015 – As an extension of its official partnership with Major League Soccer, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) is offering a trip for four to Denver for AT&T MLS All-Star Week. The VIP trip will include airfare, hotel and meal expenses, as well as special invitations and passes to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Week events – including the 2015 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game and 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game.
The contest supports Chipotle’s partnership as the official fast-casual Mexican restaurant of MLS, as well as the creation and sponsorship of the second-annual Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game, which recognizes and features Major League Soccer’s top Homegrown players. This year’s game will be held Tuesday, July 28, at 7 p.m. MDT at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – home of the Colorado Rapids – as a prelude to the 2015 AT&T All-Star Game the following night. This year the MLS Homegrown Team will face Club América’s U-20 squad, the official youth squad of Club América, Mexico’s most successful club.
Starting June 4, customers can enter by texting the word “Homegrown” to 888222 for a chance to win. The sweepstakes will run through July 5, 2015, and the winner will be selected on or around July 6, 2015. Full details of the sweepstakes will be posted in Chipotle restaurants across the U.S. starting today and continuing for the duration of the sweepstakes, and can also be found by visiting: http://www.chipotlehomegrown.com/#win.
The full prize package will include:
• Business-class round-trip airfare for four (4)
• Four-night hotel stay in Denver (July 27-31, 2015)
• (4) premium tickets to the 2015 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game (Tuesday, July 28), and (4) premium tickets and pre-game field passes to the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game
• $650 allowance for full-size rental car for length of stay; ground transportation to and from destination airport and hotel
• $5,000 spending money to be awarded in the form of a check to the grand prizewinner
Tickets and more details about the sweepstakes are available at http://www.chipotlehomegrown.com.
ABOUT CHIPOTLE
Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO, started Chipotle with the idea that food served fast did not have to be a typical fast-food experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive atmosphere. Through our vision of Food With Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better food from using ingredients that are not only fresh, but that – where possible – are sustainably grown and raised responsibly with respect for the animals, the land and the farmers who produce the food. In order to achieve this vision, we focus on building a special people culture that is centered on creating teams of top performers empowered to achieve high standards. This people culture not only leads to a better dining experience for our customers, it also allows us to develop future leaders from within. Chipotle opened with a single restaurant in 1993 and operates more than 1,800 restaurants, including 17 Chipotle restaurants outside the U.S. and 10 ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen restaurants, and is an investor in an entity that owns and operates two Pizzeria Locale restaurants. For more information, visit Chipotle.com.
ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Major League Soccer kicks off its 20th season tonight, featuring 20 clubs throughout the United States and Canada. The 2015 season will feature the most comprehensive U.S. media rights partnership in the history of the league, as eight-year agreements with ESPN, FOX Sports and Univision Deportes will commence. The 2015 regular season schedule can be viewed here. For more information about MLS, visit www.MLSsoccer.com.
by Sharm | Jun 10, 2015 | Articles
In honor of Kansas City Craft Beer Week and the KC Craft Beer Week Dinner at the Flying Saucer hosted by Stephen Beaumont on June 14, I am giving away The Pocket Beer Guide 2015 courtesy of FireFly Books.
The Pocket Beet Guide 2015 by Stephen Beaumont and Tim Webb covers 3,500 of the world’s best craft and traditional beers.
This is a great book for any beer lover and with Father’s Day coming up it’s perfect for any beer loving dad!
To enter, I could make you jump through all sorts of hoops of liking social media pages and sharing this or any post on WYMKC to your social media pages and if you would like to do that, by all means please do.
To enter all I ask is to simply comment as to what your what your favorite beer is. It’s that easy!
Winner will be drawn using random.org and be notified via email, so be sure to leave a valid email contact with your entry!
Giveaway ends midnight June 15th.
You can check out Stephen’s Bio below as well as information on the KC Craft Beer Week Dinner.
Once described as “beerdom’s Brillat-Savarin,” Stephen Beaumont is today one of the world’s most authoritative voices on beer, as well as a widely recognized writer on spirits, food and travel.
As co-author of both The World Atlas of Beer (2012), published in ten international editions, and two editions of The Pocket Beer Guide (2013 & 2014), Stephen has amassed an unparalleled understanding of what’s going on in the fast-paced and expanding world of beer today. If there is good lager or ale to be had, whether in San Francisco or Singapore, Montreal or Milan, Stephen knows about it, and has most likely sampled it!
In addition to The World Atlas of Beer and The Pocket Beer Guide, Stephen has authored or co-authored eight other books, including two editions of The Great Canadian Beer Guide and his forthcoming Beer & Food Companion, as well as contributing to nine others, including the immense 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die; the literary tribute to legendary drinks writer Michael Jackson, Beer Hunter, Whisky Chaser; and the just-released Handbook of Porters & Stouts.
Stephen also authors regular columns for publications as diverse as the spirits quarterly Whisky Advocate and Canada’s beer magazine, Taps, the U.S. hospitality industry standard Nation’s Restaurant News and the foodie favourite City Bites. Additionally, he serves on the editorial tasting panels of both Taps and All About Beer magazines, and contributes to a variety of other publications, including Fine Cooking, Saveur and DRAFT Magazine.
When he is not writing about or tasting beer and spirits, Stephen travels the world talking about them, at a beer dinner in Toronto, a seminar in São Paulo or a competition in Brussels. He has worked on the beer and beverage programs of a large number of corporations, including Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the Walt Disney Company and Crystal Cruises among many others, and appears regularly at conferences such as VIBE and the International Wine, Spirits and Beer Event. In 2009, his influence was recognized with the Cheers Magazine “Raising the Bar” award for his “noteworthy and sustained contribution to the world of beverage alcohol.”
Stephen is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, the British Guild of Beer Writers and the North American Guild of Beer Writers.
Craft Beer week dinner with Stephen Beaumont
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Kansas City Craft Week Beer Dinner:
This 5-course dinner will include 5 beers paired with an incredible meal chosen by Chef Matt Arnold from The Webster House. There will also be a pre-dinner tasting with Stephen beforehand.
Order tickets by calling (816) 221-1900 or purchase at Flying Saucer. There are different options for tickets. There is a pre-tasting with Stephen Beaumont that is $20 and tickets for the dinner are $55 for UFO members/$65 for non-members. If you want both, it is $65 for UFO members/$75 for non-members.
Beer Dinner with Stephen Beaumont at the Flying Saucer
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Flying Saucer
101 East 13th St
Kansas City, MO 64106
by Sharm | Jun 1, 2015 | Articles
Craft Beer week dinner with Stephen Beaumont
Celebrate Kansas City Craft Beer Week by attending the Craft Beer Week Dinner at the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium with special guest Stephen Beaumont on June 14!
Stephen Beaumont is a James Beard Award winning author and one of the world’s most authoritative voices on beer. He wrote The World Atlas of Beer and The Pocket Beer Guide among co-authoring many others. This will be his first time to host a beer dinner in Kansas City.
This 5-course dinner will include 5 beers paired with an incredible meal chosen by Chef Matt Arnold from The Webster House. There will also be a pre-dinner tasting with Stephen beforehand.
Order tickets by calling (816) 221-1900 or purchase at Flying Saucer. There are different options for tickets. There is a pre-tasting with Stephen Beaumont that is $20 and tickets for the dinner are $55 for UFO members/$65 for non-members. If you want both, it is $65 for UFO members/$75 for non-members.
Beer Dinner with Stephen Beaumont at the Flying Saucer
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Flying Saucer
101 East 13th St
Kansas City, MO 64106
by Sharm | May 23, 2015 | Articles
Sprouts Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Markets has everything you need for this summers grilling season and with four locations in the metro it is easy to get everything you need.
Below are some tips, recomended tools and recipes to make your grilling easy and delicious!
Grilling tips and tools
· Soak wooden skewers in water for 15 minutes to prevent them from burning.
· Grill tongs: For turning kabobs.
· Basting brush: Look for natural boar bristles (nylon bristles will melt if they touch the cooking grate) and a long handle. Always wear a mitt when basting, in case of flare-ups.
· Meat thermometer: Invest in a quality thermometer that can be left in the meat. Some have an alarm that sounds when the food reaches the desired temperature.
Recipes
Tasty Steak Kabobs
Whip up these kabobs in no time, alternating juicy grass-fed steak with tender organic vegetables.
1 cup Italian Dressing
1/4 c. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 green onion thinly sliced
1 pound boneless all-natural, grass-fed beef round, cut into 1 inch pieces
12 large mushrooms
1 medium red pepper, cut into chunks
1 medium zucchini, sliced
In a shallow baking dish, combine dressing, soy sauce, brown sugar and onion. Add beef and vegetables turning to coat. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 1 to 4 hours, reserving marinade. Alternately thread beef and vegetables on large skewers. Grill or broil, turning and basting frequently with reserved marinade, about 10 minutes or until beef is done.
Sprouts Kabob Recipe
Chipotle Shrimp and Pineapple Kabobs
Add Southwestern flair to your grill with these easy-to-make shrimp kabobs.
8 wooden or metal skewers
1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 c. Sprouts Orange Juice
2 tsp. red chile powder
2 c. fresh pineapple chunks
1 red onion, cut into chunks
1 red pepper, cut into chunks
1 c. Barbecue Sauce
2 tbsp. honey
Canola oil for grilling
1/4 c. cilantro, chopped
Combine shrimp with garlic, orange juice and chili powder in a resealable plastic bag. Refrigerate while chopping the vegetables. Mix chipotle peppers into honey and barbecue sauce, set aside. Preheat grill or grill pan to medium high heat. Thread shrimp, pineapple and vegetables on the skewers. Brush grill lightly with oil. Place skewers on grill, brush liberally with barbecue sauce. Cook for 2 minutes per side, until the shrimp are pink and vegetables are tender. Remove from grill and garnish with fresh cilantro.
Teriyaki Tofu Skewers
Vegetarian or not, everyone will love these skewers of grilled vegetables, pineapples and tofu, topped off with tasty teriyaki flavor.
1 c. fresh organic pineapple chunks
1 c. teriyaki sauce
juice of one lime
2 packages Extra Firm Tofu
1 medium zucchini, sliced
16 bamboo skewers
Zest of 2 limes
1 bunch green onions, finely diced
Combine pineapple with teriyaki sauce. Cut tofu into 1 to 1 ½ inch cubes. Place cubes in teriyaki sauce, cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Thread pineapple, zucchini and 3 cubes of tofu per skewer. Heat a grill pan over medium high heat. Brush pan lightly with oil. Grill skewers about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Garnish with lime zest and green onions.
Find additional recipes at Sprouts.com.
Kansas City metro area locations:
Missouri:
8383 N. Booth Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64158
816-222-0202
6061 NW. 64th St.
Kansas City, MO 64151
816-303-6503
Kansas:
6821 W. 135th St.
Overland Park, KS 66223
913-643-4190
8550 Maurer Rd.
Lenexa, KS 66219
913-312-1586
by Sharm | May 19, 2015 | Articles
Andrew Olsen from Cleaver & Cork was recently named the Kansas City finalist in the Four Roses Charity Cocktail Challenge, which raised funds for Stupid Cancer. Andrew will compete with bartenders from 7 other cities for a chance to spend a day with their Master Distiller Jim Rutledge.
Andrew Olsen of Cleaver and Cork
For the competition, Andrew showcased Four Roses Small Batch in his Carly’s Caribbean Sour Cocktail.
I was at Cleaver & Cork a few months ago and the both the food and cocktails are amazing. If you have not been, it is worth going. The menu developed by Chef Alex Pope uses a mix of local and seasonal ingredients. The cheese curds are amazing and the sweet potato soup is the best I have ever had.
Cleaver and Cork Cheese Curds
Cleaver and Cork Sweet Potato Soup
I have been invited in to try Andrew’s new cocktail but due to some traveling I cannot make it in for a while. So in the meantime the folks at Four Roses have sent me a couple samples of the Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon and the recipe to create it at home.
Andrew Olsen of Cleaver and Cork
Carly’s Caribbean Sour
I must say I am pretty impressed with my cocktail making skills. I loved the citrus notes of the drink and the bourbon is incredibly smooth. Here is the recipe so you can practice your cocktail slinging skills as well.
Carly’s Caribbean Sour
1.5 oz Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon
3/4 oz Lemon Simple
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Angostura
1//2 Orange Juice
Lemon Simple is a lemon infused simple syrup. I made my own by combing equal parts sugar and water steeping in some lemon zest and adding a little fresh lemon juice. The recipe follows.
Lemon Simple Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Zest of one lemon
1/4 cup lemon juice
Combine water and sugar in sauce whisk until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon zest and bring to a boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain through mesh strainer and discard zest and any lumps. Add 1/4 cup lemon juice and mix well. Pour into glass mason jar or storage container of choice. This should keep for about a month in the fridge.
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