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Seg. 1: Honey. Seg. 2: Pita Bread. Seg. 3: Middle Eastern Food.

Spring honey, left, summer honey and fall honey vary in hue based on seasonal flowers. The beekeepers at Messner Bee Farm harvest summer honey the most often.
Kathleen Pointer
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KCUR 89.3
Spring honey, left, summer honey and fall honey vary in hue based on seasonal flowers. The beekeepers at Messner Bee Farm harvest summer honey the most often.

Central Standard

Segment 1: The seasonal nature of honey. 

Like wine, honey a product of the world around it -- weather, region, time of year all impact the crop. Today, we chat with some beekeepers about the varieties their bees in Raytown produce.


Segment 2 (beginning at 15:55): A Middle Eastern bakery in south Kansas City churns out thousands of pieces of pita bread a day. 

KCUR intern Celisa Calacal set out to learn about the place making much of the pita bread found in Kansas City restaurants. Today, we listen in onher trip to Olive Cafe's Bakery.


Segment 3 (beginning at 20:30): The best Middle Eastern and North African food in Kansas City.

KCUR's Food Critics return to the air to talk about their favorite Middle Eastern restaurants and dishes found around town. Today, we get their recommendations and hear from callers about their top picks. 

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Kathleen Pointer, the new intern for Up to Date with Steve Kraske, is a 2011 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia. There, she studied journalism and women's and gender studies.
Gina’s background combines print and broadcast journalism, live event hosting and production, creative nonfiction writing and involvement in the arts. Early in her career, she followed a cultural beat for The Pitch, where she served as an editor and art writer in the early 2000s.