Glacé
It's no surprise I love chocolate, especially anything Christopher Elbow makes. So I was thrilled to find out that finally his ice cream shop is opening today! It's located south of the Country Club Plaza, on 4960 Main st.
Just like expected, his ice cream and sorbet flavors are similar to some of his chocolates, and I bet they will change with the seasons. He's done a few preview weekends where you could buy ice cream at his shop in the Crossroads by the pint. I sampled the Fleur De Sel Caramel and it was pretty much amazing.
Here are the ones I want to try:
• Caramelized Banana
• Basil Lime Sorbet
• Peanut Butter & Jelly (mmm?!)
• Rosemary Caramel
• Pineapple Cilantro Sorbet
• Venezuelan Spiced Chocolate
• Strawberry Balsamic
Check out the website for the other flavors. Happy Memorial Day Weekend !
Friday, May 28, 2010
Christopher Elbow's Glacé Ice Cream Shop Opens
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Kansas City in the New York Post
photo from: nelson-atkins.org
Sure KC is known for its BBQ, but in an article by the New York Post, it seems our museums might be even better. We have two outstanding museums of contemporary art (Nelson-Atkins and Nerman) as well as a thriving art scene in the Crossroads. The writer also touches on a number of historic and Kansas City landmarks.
Read the entire article here: 50 States: Missouri - Art Attack! In Kansas City, the museums might be better than the BBQ.
For all you've ever wanted to know about Kansas City, check out visitkc.com or thinkkc.com.
Friday, June 5, 2009
West 18th Street Fashion Show
Exciting! I almost forgot that the West 18th Street Fashion Show in the Crossroads is tomorrow, June 6th. at 8pm.
This year's theme as you can see on the poster is Summer in Space. The free show will feature 18 collections from a select group of local and national designers:
Clothing Designers
- Andrew Hansen
- Abigail Carolina
- Georgianna Londré Buchanan
- Ari Fish & Peggy Noland
- birdies
- Jessy Bergmann
- Jovana Mirabile
- Joscelyn Himes
- Katie Coble
- Julie Potratz & Rebecca Taylor
- Lacey Doherty
- Lindsay Rae Miller
- Rachel Rolon
- Nataliya Meyer
- Sovannra Yos
- Sára Emami
- Shannon Bailey
- Spool*
It will be great! Check out the website for more information & their blog.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Peggy Noland • KC Fashion Designer Spotlight
Peggy Noland • Kansas CityI love Peggy Noland's vibrant work! she's actually the daughter of hallmarkers, and had a fashion show here during our Color Week in August. Jeanne posted about it. She has dressed and collaborated with a few of my favorite bands and musicians, like: CSS, The SSION (who are local to KC as well), Cazwell, and Tilly and the Wall
I got a chance to see the new look of her store, located in the crossroads arts district, not too far away from where we work.
Her tiny shop evolves and changes with her current line of clothes, it's much closer to an art installation. Last spring she said the inside was painted to look like a cheeseburger, then in the summer it turned into a fluffy cloud. Now it's covered in plush teddy bears, rabbits, purple Barney's, Telletubbies, Bubbahs and other children's toys to resemble the inside of vending machine.
The Kansas City Star featured her in this Sunday's Arts & Entertainment section. Check this girl out!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Artisan Chocolates
1819 McGee Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
ph. 816-842-1300
fax 816-842-1301
Tues - Sat 10a.m. - 6p.m.
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Christopher Elbow has a GORGEOUS minimalistic chocolate boutique in downtown Kansas City, I was introduced to his delicious treats by a good friend of mine. I wanted to just look at the chocolates up close because they looked amazing online. I ended up buying a box of 9 and picked the flavors I wanted. So worth it!
My camera broke :C so I had to take a photo using my iSight, this pictures does not do the chocolates justice (they were like little jewels) ! The flavors I got were (from left to right) - Lavender Caramel, Dark Milk, Vanilla Bean, Banana Curry (MY FAVE!), Caramel With Fluer de Sel (Sea Salt), Passion Fruit, Spiced Apple, Fresh Lime, Jamaican Rum
Wow! I need to go back. He also sells Hot Chocolate, which I'm hoping to try soon. I found out after doing some online research on him that he has been featured on Oprah, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, InStyle, the Food Network, and a few other!
If you click on the 'Christopher Elbow' Label below you can read Erin's great post about him as well!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Holy Deliciousness!
I had to opportunity to visit one of my favorite places on earth (a big statement, I know, but oh so true) last Friday night during Kansas City's First Friday event in the Crossroads Art District. Not only is the new retail space for Christopher Elbow Chocolates stunning, but man, does it smell good! And, the delectable designed treats inside this little shop taste even better than they smell.
Emeril Lagasse, Jean Joho, American Restaurant, Eiffel Tower Restaurant, Oprah, Food & Wine, InStyle, Food Network, Elbow has influenced them all with his creativity and style -- and of course, his ability to make the most amazing chocolates. From Fresh Lime to Espresso With Lemon, Tahitian Vanilla Bean, or Passion Fruit -- you name it, Christopher Elbow has probably experimented with it at some point during his chocolate-making endeavors. Sometimes the most odd-sounding combinations are the most amazing flavors -- my pick -- Strawberry-Balsamic Caramel (but then again, I pretty much like them all).
Every First Friday night (and probably every other Friday night for that matter), you will find Christopher Elbow's little shop packed with all types of creative people, people who love chocolate, tourists, friends, and fans. No matter who is inside, one thing is certain: everyone is smiling, everyone is eating (or drinking) one of Christopher's tantalizing treats, and everyone is raving.
I'll leave you with a quote from his website that I think embodies the spirit of what I'm trying to say here. Head to his website, http://www.elbowchocolates.com to read more, and while you are there, order some of these unique artisian sweets!
"Like most creative professionals, Christopher Elbow likes to experiment with different materials. But while some artists dabble in bronze or oils or clay, Christopher chooses some of the finest varieties of chocolate. Working in small batches, he meticulously sculpts tiny pieces of chocolate perfections into miniature works of art that look as exquisite as they taste. This is the inspired world of Christopher Elbow. Where modern culinary artistry meets traditional handcraftsmanship. Where taste experiences are rivaled only by visual sensations. Where the art of chocolate is expressed in beautiful, decadent pieces that are hand-created one at a time."
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Kansas City: Modest metropolis in midst of mighty renewal
My friend from Atlanta, GA sent me the following article this morning. It caught her eye a few days ago in USA Today's online edition. After reading it, I thought it was worth more than just a link -- so read on (click the links to learn more about KC highlights). Might I say before you read on, that I am so excited and so proud to live here in KC!
By Gene Sloan, USA Today
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Reed Cordish has watched one city center after another make a comeback over the past two decades. Indeed, his family's firm, the Cordish Co., is credited with reviving several of them, including downtown Baltimore, where it developed the now-vibrant Inner Harbor.
But he has never seen a city blossom quite like this one.
"What's remarkable is it's all happening so quickly," says Cordish, looking across a sea of construction cranes from his company's 30th-floor offices. "What you see happening this year in Kansas City is what you'd see happening in other cities over 20 years."
Early next year, the Cordish Co. will cut the ribbon on the Power & Light District, a massive redevelopment of a nine-square-block chunk of Kansas City's long-dilapidated downtown. Like Baltimore's Inner Harbor, it will feature restaurants, bars, shops and live entertainment.
But the $850 million project is only one piece of a citywide makeover that is adding to the allure of a destination already well known for jazz clubs and barbecue.
Not far from the nearly complete Power & Light District, Cordish points out a major construction site that will house the $326 million Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, scheduled for completion in 2009. Off in another direction is the $276 million Sprint Center, an 18,500-seat arena for concerts and sporting events opening in October with a concert by Elton John. And next door is the new College Basketball Experience, including the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, also opening in October.
Still, one of the most notable additions in the city is a recently opened $200 million expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Heralded by The New Yorker as "one of the best (expansions) of the last generation," the new Steven Holl-designed wing cascades down the side of the museum's sloping sculpture gardens.
Even before the addition, the Nelson was highly regarded for its collection of Asian art and Henry Moore sculptures. But the semi-subterranean new wing, topped with glass-walled "lenses" on the sky that The New York Times described as "breathtaking," cements the city's art standing.
The light-filled expansion adds 65% more exhibit space in a succession of soaring galleries — no two alike — filled with post-World War II and contemporary art, African art and photographs. There are noteworthy pieces by the likes of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd and Sol Lewitt, as well as a whole room for the museum's famed collection of Isamu Noguchi sculpture.
"There are cities three times our size that would kill for something like this," Marc Wilson, the museum's longtime director, says of the new building. "It allowed us to do many things that the community has wanted."
The Nelson expansion is just the newest art-related site in the city, which also is home to the nearby Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the growing, gallery-rich Crossroads Arts District. In October, yet another art museum, albeit a smaller one, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, opens in suburban Overland Park, Kan.
Kansas City, despite its modest size (metro population: 1.97 million, making it the 28th largest in the USA), lures nearly 17 million visitors a year.
Among the more established draws is the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District, home to the American Jazz Museum and nightspots such as The Blue Room. But tourism also has gotten a boost from another significant new museum that opened in December, the National World War I Museum.
Built underground at the site of Kansas City's iconic Liberty Memorial — a 22-story obelisk-like war monument that is one of the city's most imposing structures — the new museum offers a comprehensive history of the Great War, with thousands of rare historical objects ranging from battle flags to biplanes.
"I can guarantee that this is the only place where you can touch the tube of a Bavarian field howitzer," says curator Doran Cart, rubbing his hand along one of half a dozen howitzers on display.
The designer of the $26 million museum, Ralph Appelbaum, is perhaps best known for his work on the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. And like that museum, the new World War I museum is a reminder of the man-made horrors of the last century — and a not-so-subtle plea not to repeat them.
"The war was an awful thing, but it's part of history," says Cart, crossing a glass bridge entryway built over 9,000 silk poppies — one for every 1,000 of the 9 million soldiers and sailors killed in the war (there were also an estimated 5 million civilians killed). "And you can learn from history."
Despite such new museums and other attractions, the city's core area has continued to struggle — at times almost appearing abandoned. But that, too, is changing, Cordish says.
"This time next year, it's going to be so active and full of life, you won't believe it," says the developer, pointing out everything from historic theaters under renovation to the site where his company is building a hipsters' bowling lane. "It's going to feel like a big city should."
Source: USA Today Photos: Top-Kansas City's expanded Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, by Timothy Hursley, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Bottom-Digital rendering of the Power+Light District, currently in development, rendering by the Cordish Co.
