http://www.kansascity.com/221/index.rss News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013 Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart 60 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:48:05 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com Copyright 2013 Kansas City Startelevision,tv,reality,reality,tv,drama,sitcoms,kansas,city,criticTV & Filmaaron@tvbarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnotelevision,tv,reality,reality,tv,drama,sitcoms,kansas,city,criticTelevision critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next!Television critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next! http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771893/quiz-know-your-cocktails.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/9JQ3jJ4yd-Y/quiz-know-your-cocktails.html Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00 CDT How much do you know about cocktails? Take the Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival quiz to learn about classic cocktails. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771893/quiz-know-your-cocktails.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771888/bitters-dinner-beckons-appetites.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/c8hUtB2n24w/bitters-dinner-beckons-appetites.html Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00 CDT Bitters are big these days. Dozens of new varieties have supplanted that obligatory bottle of Angostura, and bartenders are increasingly specific about which is used in what. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771888/bitters-dinner-beckons-appetites.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771885/local-liquors-compete-for-local.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/CGNG3xihS6w/local-liquors-compete-for-local.html Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00 CDT Drinking local is easier than ever, thanks to explosive growth in the craft distilling industry. There are now some 350 craft spirits makers nationwide, up from just 69 a decade ago, making everything from vodka and whiskey to gin, rum, absinthe, aquavit and all manner of liqueurs. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771885/local-liquors-compete-for-local.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771874/winetails-dinner-will-make-for.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/KnOpQJRVca8/winetails-dinner-will-make-for.html Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00 CDT Aromatized and fortified wines have long been staple cocktail ingredients, but table wines are trickier, especially when it comes to reds. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771874/winetails-dinner-will-make-for.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771870/contenders-prepare-their-cocktail.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/rK02Zpw5dto/contenders-prepare-their-cocktail.html Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00 CDT The Paris of the Plains bartending competition sounds new, but it's rooted in a local bartending contest that began in six years ago. Back then, co-founders Doug Frost and Ryan Maybee wanted to celebrate the growing professionalism of Kansas City's bartending community. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771870/contenders-prepare-their-cocktail.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/06/4166161/jogger-found-dead.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/6d4lqjaGjZA/jogger-found-dead.html Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:24 CDT The body of a man missing since Thursday night was found near 164th and Quivira. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/06/4166161/jogger-found-dead.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/04/2497484/how-reality-tv-took-over-prime.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/ZOzXtBdM4CI/how-reality-tv-took-over-prime.html Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:15 CST In Part One of a two-part series, The Star's Aaron Barnhart explores how such shows came to dominate TV's prime-time schedule -- and changed how we view one another. aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/04/2497484/how-reality-tv-took-over-prime.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/05/2499794/deadliest-warriors-stay-nimble.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/Pg1-YUO4vMk/deadliest-warriors-stay-nimble.html Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:15 CST LOS ANGELES | Dave Baker reaches into an overnight envelope and pulls out a square of what looks like shoe leather. "Elk backstrap," Baker says. "It's nature's fiberglass." aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/05/2499794/deadliest-warriors-stay-nimble.html Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnonadult