Stan Lerner's Blog

When Chef Stan, that would be I, moved from Downtown, Los Angeles (Big City) to Winfield, Kansas (Small Town USA), I was really looking for a small-life, the quintessential old brick building, with the restaurant (Chef’s Table) downstairs and me living upstairs…I did that…And my mission statement, I didn’t really have one, I was just … Continue reading CHEF STAN AND THE SPICE OF LIFE →

THE SECRET LIFE OF LILITH IV By Colette Dumas Got out of work, picked up Nina, did some shopping, went home and got dressed for my gig with the Goat Rodeo, if you’re not familiar, it’s a group that is best known for mixing Bluegrass and Classical music, because this is such a difficult thing […]

THE SECRET LIFE OF LILITH III By Colette Dumas Last we left off, my boss, Charles Koch had sent me to a Wichita Thunder Game—I took my best friend Nina, the Thunder won their opener in a shootout, which is a big deal in hockey and sitting behind me was the man I’ve been fantasizing […]

THE SECRET LIFE OF LILITH II By Colette Dumas Is John Galliano back? Really? Not that I should have flown to Paris for his show, but f##k yeah he’s back!!! I love that he sourced fabrics from all over the world and while I was mildly offended that he chose a potato sack from the […]

THE SECRET LIFE OF LILITH By Colette Dumas I’m going to write about my life in the first person, because we live in a time in which we are all at the center of our own universe, man and woman are indeed islands unto themselves, it is the worst of times to live in reality […]

I have killed many people over the years; too many to put a number on, I’ve lost count. The first, I remember like it was yesterday, I was eight-years-old, he was in high school, I don’t know why he picked on me, but on the fifth day of him stopping me on my way home […]

Sundays With Stan: ISIS, Ebola, McDonald’s Big news! I have a brand new show, think regular guy talking politics and current events, from Small Town USA / Main Street. See you on Sundays! Bookmark It

Chef Stan’s Big Announcement He’s back! I mean I’m back, there’s going to be a Season 2!!! Bookmark It

Chef’s Table, Main Street, Winfield, Kansas, the year in review and what a year it has been—certainly worth a look back. The Chef’s Table, like most restaurants, was a dream, long before the food was being made. The dream / concept was to bring French Country and Norman Rockwell America, together into a dining experience, […]

Some years ago, I traveled around and I happened upon a little town. Winfield, Kansas was its name, and Bluegrass Music had brought it fame. You see when Country Music from Appalacia is fused with Jazz, then you see what the music has. It has soul, it has a life that transcends and no one […]