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Allergy Alternative: Cooking for the Holidays with Amber Arnett Bequeaith

KCPT viewer Amber Arnett Bequeaith gets allergy sufferers in on the holiday action with a recipe for gluten-free, dairy-free Christmas cookies.

‘Tis the season…of eating! Whether it is Christmas cookies, holiday hams or a pesky fruitcake, we all know that sweet treats play a big part in the joys of the season. But for a lot of us with allergies, and other dietary restrictions, yuletide pleasures can be a real challenge.

Never fear though, here on The Local Show, we’re here with a totally gluten- and dairy-free holiday recipe from KCPT viewer Amber Arnett Bequeaith. Amber runs Full Moon productions,the company that runs the Haunted Houses in the West Bottoms. but she and one of her children also happen to be gluten and dairy intolerant, which too, can be downright scary.

So how can you make a totally gluten and dairy free Christmas cookie that still passes the taste test? This week, we intend to find out.

If you are so inclined, here’s Amber’s GF/DF recipe for Holiday Sugar Cookies so you can try your own taste test at home:

½ c. Earth Balance (Butter substitute)
1 egg
¾ c. sugar
¼ c. turbinate sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
Cream together

½ c. sour cream alternative
Add and stir till mixed in

1c Almond Flour
1c Sweet White Sorghum Flour
1 ½ Brown Rice
1 teaspoon soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Dash of Cinnamon

Mix into wet ingredients. Stir until it clumps. Take and ball the dough. Roll out on floured surface. Cut out!
Bake 350 degrees on a greased cookie sheet.

Woman and five children gathered around a kitchen island eating Christmas cookies

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KCPT Members Taste Lidia’s Favorite Recipes with Lidia

KCPT Members enjoyed a four course dinner of Lidia's favorite recipes at Lidia's restaurant on Sunday, November 4, 2012.

KCPT Members enjoyed a four course dinner of Lidia’s favorite recipes and wine pairings at Lidia’s Kansas City restaurant on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Lidia Bastianich visited with attendees about her passion for food, family and her appreciation for Public Broadcasting and KCPT. Ed Matheny, KCPT’s first president, presented Lidia with a copy of his book "The Audacious Rise of KCPT," which chronicles the station’s first 50 years and includes Lidia’s contributions to Public Television’s culinary programs.

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Gratitude for Growers: National Agricultural Hall of Fame

If you eat, you are involved in agriculture. We take you inside the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs which celebrates the history of the American farmer.

If you head along I-70 through Wyandotte County in Kansas, you’ve no doubt seen signs for the National Agricultural Hall of Fame. It’s been there for more than 50 years thanks to a federal charter by an act of the 86th Congress and signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 31, 1960. Chances are good that you may never have stopped inside. In fact, attendance in recent years has been so poor that the attraction, which celebrates agriculture and the American farmer, was almost shuttered three years ago. Now a new board of directors is breathing new life into the museum about two miles west of the Kansas Speedway in Bonner Springs. Producer Justin Bond takes us on a tour.

Room full of farming tools and vehicles

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FOOD FORWARD: Urban Agriculture

Edith Floyd, Detroit, Michigan, drives her shiny new orange Kabota tractor down her street, where she is reclaiming the empty lots for growing food. Watch Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7:30pm.

From the rooftop farms of New York City to the food deserts of Detroit, join FOOD FORWARD to explore the explosion of urban agriculture across America. Meet food rebel John Mooney, whose space-age hydroponic farm on top of a historic building in the West Village of Manhattan is a window into the future of rooftop farming. In Milwaukee, meet the biggest name in urban agriculture, Will Allen, who inspires a new generation of aquaponic innovators. Learn about one woman’s transition from hanging out to harvesting food on the streets of West Oakland. Finally, in Detroit, spend time with 18-year-old Travis Roberts, who grew up watching the city struggle with increasing urban blight. In trouble and more than 100 pounds overweight, he discovered the city’s urban agriculture movement and found a new purpose in life through urban chicken farming. He’s joined by a cast of powerful characters who are rebuilding their city, block by block.

Watch Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7:30pm.

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