Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, 8/12

BY OWEN MORRIS

Fortune cookies aren’t the only food that can hand out advice. As one local blogger finds outs, Dove Chocolates are full of inspiration too. (Kansas City With a Russian Accent)

A moving story of a chef who gave up the fame and fortune of haute cuisine to focus on feeding those who just need food — the homeless. (NPR)

While the cost of oil is finally going down, food isn’t. In fact, food companies can’t raise their prices fast enough. (WSJ)

I’m not sure if it’s a good thing to be on this list or not but here are America’s hardest drinking cities. KC doesn’t make the list but our neighbor to the east with a rather big brewery has no problem breaking the top ten. (Forbes)

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