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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 ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants, reviews | No Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Of course in the case of Ellie and I we'll call it sleet; and in place of couriers we'll call ourselves diners; and instead of appointed rounds there was ...
Posted in chefs, offal watch, restaurants, reviews | 11 Comments »
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
I am not the first one to say this--not by a long shot--but not being from St. Louis I have always been incredibly under whelmed by St. Louis style pizza. The way the provel melts into the sauce leaving it oozy and weeping is, to me, completely unappetizing--bordering on ...
Posted in restaurants, reviews | 9 Comments »
Monday, December 17th, 2007
A Veruca cheat sheet:
Tropicala cupcakes; if you don't buy one, I'm done with you.
Currant scones for breakfast rock!
…but financiers and mini cupcakes do not make a balanced breakfast.
When Mathew Rice told me a couple weeks ago that Veruca would be opening last Wednesday, I was disappointed I wouldn't be able ...
Posted in chefs, coffee, restaurants, reviews | 8 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Why in 2007 an establishment that bothers to have a non-smoking section situates it in such a manner that you have to walk through the smoking section to get to it I will never understand. And that's exactly what happened before taking this picture after making it safely to ...
Posted in coffee, reviews | 7 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Lately I've been looking for a more full bodied olive oil with a a bit more spiciness than the Yellingbo I keep on hand. Shopping online, several times I'd had an oil in the cart ready to buy, but because some of the really fine olive oils cost considerably ...
Posted in cooking, groceries, reviews | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
There are a few things I didn't get to over the past few months so travel back in time with me as I cover a little lost ground Nakamura style.
From Mastodon to moe., and all points in between, over the years I've been to far more than a handful ...
Posted in beer, restaurants, reviews, trips | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Ian seems to like it, Bonwich felt mostly the same, and Sauce gave their chef an awfully nice write up/interview. Add to that the suggestions by Wayno on Chowhound and Matt at 222, and at last, so as to break up my apparent love letters ...
Posted in Illinois, restaurants, reviews | 5 Comments »
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
If you're unfamiliar, let me tell you a quick story -- at least as I understand it:
A man meets a woman in San Francisco. They both go to baking school. They fall in love and move to Seattle to follow their joint-love of coffee. Then, tired of being in ...
Posted in Illinois, coffee, restaurants, reviews | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Arriving at 2:00PM, solidly in the middle of Harvest Festival running from 11-5, we were shown what happens when restaurants don't believe that a festival will, in fact, be crowded.
Lots more pics after the jump...
Posted in beer, events, farmers' markets, farming, restaurants, reviews | No Comments »
