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Friday, June 13th, 2008
This weekend at Erato on Main Kevin Willmann is trying to win some sort of Kona Kampachi contest and will be serving what he once called "assuming fish with unassuming fish." At least he called it that to me.
Not a fan of the duo overall "because one always upstages ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
While you, like me, might feel that the only life scarier than an ovo-lacto vegetarian is the life of the dairy-less vegan, I am also not a diehard red-meat-loving Midwesterner and have always been interested in tasting what the best vegetarian-oriented spots in St. Louis have to offer. The problem, ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Unfortunately over the weekend Julia Usher did not win the Food-Related Columns James Beard Award she was nominated for--meaning St. Louis will have to once again live vicariously through a Danny Meyer win. We can, however, rest a little easier with the knowledge that some of our own, in ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Where can you get good food on a Monday?
It's a great question with few answers. But later this month the list will get another notch when Niche starts serving seven days a week.
June 16th is the day I've heard tossed around but I'm not sure if it was stone-set ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Growing up in Ballwin, each year the days between Memorial Day and Labor Day were not just a little brighter because of the lack of school, the pool, and Spy Hunter, they were brighter because of the enticing scent of smoking meats wafting out from the shack (I think it's ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
This new Pumpernickle's sign jumped out at me as I was driving down Olive because it's not as cool as the old one.
As it turns out there was also a new ownership sign in the window as well.They're saying it's a "New York Style" deli which I don't think they'd ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The Daily Sauce reported Monday on the graduating classes of two local technical schools culinary programs: Clyde C. Miller Career Academy and North Technical High School.
Calling them chefs aside (tsk tsk), the two schools faced off in the First Annual High School Culinary Cook-Off.
The North Tech team devised a three-course ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Last night, in telling my mother and sister about some of the better things I've eaten recently, the looks of horror on their faces, while not entirely unexpected, were a bit stronger than anticipated as I spoke of offal like tongue, and testicles, and cheek.
My sister did not understand why ...
Posted in St. Louis, general food, offal watch, restaurants | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 5th, 2008
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Besides the 24oz aged porterhouse of affluence and his friends the pork and lamb chop, apart from a couple other cuts like racks and shanks, bones in America are pretty much relegated to barbecue and fried chicken. Maybe it's that we don't like to be reminded ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Blake Brokaw, the guy that once upon a time brought us St. Louis favorite Tangerine, is overseeing the menu at a new restaurant/lounge in Belleville called Seven.
Located at 7 South High Street, Belleville, IL, 62229 they'll be firing up the burners for the first time tonight to unleash their menu ...
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