@BlogKCA. G. Sulzberger, son of New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, is doing some time in the provinces, working at the Times’ Midwest bureau here in Kansas City. Since before moving here he’s been freaked out about being vegetarian in the world capital of barbecue. His most recent dispatch from the hinterlands is a terribly under-researched and un-informed piece that makes it sound as if we eat lard in our cereal and the streets run with cow blood.
The city’s vibrant growing vegetarian and vegan community is outraged, virtually pelting Sulzberger with tofu and seeds. Amber Shea’s Almost Vegan blog sums the vege-rage.
Apparently Sulzberger was too caught up in a bizarre obsession with ordering vegan food at Arthur Bryant’s to notice the many real options around the city. And he definitely seems to have missed KC’s recent star turn as the city to watch for culinary innovation in 2012.
