Katie Nell

Never store your crockpot on a stove burner!

I've been there only for dinner, and I would say it's about the same as lunch from your pictures. The portions seem slightly larger at dinner, and maybe a little less casual, i.e., no hamburgers, etc. I do have to say that they won both my boyfriend and I over on several foods that we thought we didn't like... I would eat anything at 1924 Main and expect it to be fabulous!

double sigh...

Man, you have been busy! Must of been a nice paycheck! How was 1924 Main? I'm dying to try the lobster pot pie on the menu this week! Edited to add: Sorry, just saw your post further on down! I'll go read that now!

Couldn't find a website to save my life, so let me know if you do! Did find the address and phone number, however: Tonic 7938 Santa Fe Dr. 913-383-8340. Curious about the s.o. too!

The only thing jello is good for is swishing between your teeth! Oh, and the jello shots!

Do visit 1924 Main again! We were there the other night, and thoroughly enjoyed every bit! So much so, that we gave my parents a gift certificate for Christmas so they could try it out too!

Not a big deal! I was very confused the first time I made them!

I think the salty caramel idea is a great one! I love caramel + salt combos... my favorite flavor of an ice cream concrete is one with caramel and pretzels in it.

The lemon drop wafer cookies are in the background... the ones in the foreground are the lime curd cookies. I was confused the first time I made them too, because I thought the cookies in the foreground looked more like lemon than lime. I might have to shoot them an e-mail.

The prices are below reasonable. As we were leaving I remarked that I didn't see how they could avoid raising them fairly soon, but I do applaud the effort to keep them down. Some of the tapas and apps are as low as $4 and the most expensive thing, as I recall is the larger of the KC Strips at $20. Their burgers and sandwiches are (again relying on my, um, whaddaya call it, memory) in the $6 range. Each of their sides (which I noted are markedly similar to the list of sides at 40 Sardines) is $2. While that may seem reasonable for 20 cents worth of potatoes or a green vegetable, knowing all of the overhead of a restaurant (rent, payroll, utilities, insurance, linens, breakage...to name but a few), there is really nothing that costs as little as $2. And, as I thought specifically of you when I read through the desserts, I believe the tour of chocolate is $10 and the apple-crumb thingie with cinnamon ice cream was around $6, so you'll have to give up 3 vegetables to have room -- and money -- for dessert. ← Excellent! A tour of chocolate?!? I do believe I'm in heaven!!!

Only 7 out of 11, but I still guessed on most of them! Boy, would I be in trouble if I had to eat with my left hand!

Sorry about the link... I didn't find the recipe earlier this week on her website, so I didn't even bother to look this time! That's the right one, and yes, I use the old-fashioned lemon drops.

I have a recipe for Lemon Drop Wafers in a Martha Stewart cookbook, Desserts: Our Favorite Recipes for Every Season and Every Occasion I found it online here for your convenience: http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?ty...MSL&site=living I've made it four times so far, and one time it turned out and looked like it was supposed to. The first time I made them, I followed the directions completely, and they made one large, really lacey cookie on the cookie sheet, with edges running over. So, the second time I made them, I froze the balls after I had formed them, and then didn't flatten them at all, baked from frozen, and they turned out perfectly! Just like the picture in the cookbook, looked light and fluffy, but were crispy and beautiful when you bit into them. The third and fourth times, I followed the same method in the second version, but they still spread out, while not as bad as the first time, still they look more like lace cookies or something. I'm very frustrated with this recipe, and my grandma loves them in any of their three forms, but I would like to conquer it! My first thought was maybe it depended on the brand of lemon drops, but I used the same kind in the second and third batches. My second thought was maybe my baking soda is too old, but the fourth time, I know the baking soda was brand new! Could I add more flour? Or use some kind of thickening agent? Oh, also, on the fourth batch, I lowered the baking temp., but alas, this did not help! Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated! I know a lot of people don't like Martha, but I've always had good luck with her recipes. I don't even like the little buggers, because I'm not a big lemon fan, but I want to make them for my grandma! Please help!

I got: two Scanpan titanium pans... I really don't know anything about these, so I'm hoping that they are good ones! a new, much needed, springform pan a new, much needed, 12x9 cake pan Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook a new salt and pepper grinder... not as nice as the Penzey's one I got my parents for Christmas, but that's okay! a digital camera, so I can actually post pics of food now! and my favorite, an embosser from Williams Sonoma, that says "From the Kitchen of Katie!!!"

Woo hoo! A restaurant in my area... how exciting!!! I can't wait to try it out! Prices?

I've always been curious about these on my days when I'm feeling like comfort food! I'm not sure I could get over the Velveeta factor if I was told that it was Velveeta Fudge! I don't know if this counts or not, but I've used quite a few of the foil packet recipes on Reynold's aluminum foil... our favorite is the chicken with strips of sweet potatoes and red peppers with chili sauce... very low maintenance.

We do it too and also not Jewish. Usually, we're so tired and worn out by Christmas night, that we order Chinese and watch "A Christmas Story!" I like this tradition a lot!

Christopher, I'm sure you are much too busy most of the time, but do you or have you ever thought of offering classes on how to make chocolates, caramels, etc.? I would be the first to sign up if you did! Thanks, Katie

I'd come to this wedding just for the food, and how often do you say that?!? And if you start with the mint julips, no one will care what they're eating or not eating!

The green tea ones sound intriguing! I've been eyeing the earl grey truffles on Epicurious. I'm making: lemon drop wafer cookies (requested by my grandma) spiced sugar cookies (requested by my brother) raspberry jam thumbprints (requested by my aunt) mixed nut spiced toffee rugelach with pecans instead of walnuts my great grandma's butter cookies I'm thinking I need a chocolate nut-less cookie to round things out. Any ideas?

Hhmmm.... I hadn't really thought about it that way. I do have small hands and I love my Santoku... it does feel like it fits in my hands better. Mine is a larger one, but I do like it better than my chef's knife.

Check out my story on meeting Sara here on the Heartland board: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=78039

I always got to open the present from my aunt Ni Ni on Christmas eve because it was new pajamas for the pictures in the morning. ← Were they bunny pajamas with a big fluffy tail on a trap door in the back?!?

I really need to try 40 Sardines again... I just wasn't impressed my first and only time. We had what was I think their signature dessert... I think like a hot chocolate souffle cake of some sort. I thought it was overpriced, incredibly miniscule, and not that fantastic, but I also couldn't really enjoy my dinner because, at the time, I was worried about how much we were spending! I know, not a good excuse, but now is a different time! I will try again! Thanks for your other recommendations... I have not tried any of them, so I am excited to get out there! Maybe I need to do a dessert tour of KC! That's my kind of night! I think that dessert is not necessarily my favorite part of a dinner, but I think it's the part I'm most intrigued by. I see all the pastries and wonderfully creative desserts here on egullet and it amazes me what people can do with food. I just think desserts are often a missed opportunity to do something really outrageous and exciting, but maybe I'm expecting too much!