Ann Lemons Pollack
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Crown Candy Kitchen and Dr. Jazz Soda Fountain & Grille
It’s hard to believe, but we occasionally find folks out there who haven’t heard of Crown Candy Kitchen. Four years short of celebrating its centennial of keeping St. Louis’ sweet tooth soothed, it tootles merrily on, attracting each generation for a dish or cone of dairy dazzles, not to mention the sandwiches that are surprisingly
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Another sequel? Yes, another sequel, but it’s a pleasure to report that the response is more of an oh-boy than a ho-hum. The legendary English schoolboy returns in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which opens today. The plot has advanced, and the actors are a little older, but most have not lost any of
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Peaches in Red Wine
It seems sort of shocking to think that this part of the country has a lot in common with Provence, in the south of France. But actually, if you’re looking at what to do with all the great stuff from the farmers markets, check the cookbooks that focus on Provencal cooking to find your answers.
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Painting Churches
Theater at its finest – a rich, literate script; poised, thoughtful direction and unvarnished but deeply moving acting – is on stage at little Insight Theatre’s space at Nerinx Hall, and it’s a joy to see all the pieces come together in a rich, rewarding production of "Painting Churches," which opened on Friday to run
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The Rocky Horror Show
A vital part of the late night theater experience since it first opened in Athens, where Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes and their pals sat in the audience and took notes, "The Rocky Horror Show" arrived in St. Louis again the other night, offering a history-and-trivia lesson at the Tower Grove Abbey, where it will run through
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Tokyo Sonata
Strange. Very strange. That’s "Tokyo Sonata," opening here today, the latest effort from Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurasawa. The film begins with the firing of the man of the house, Ryokei (Teruyiki Kagewa), continues as he constructs an elaborate tissue of lies, dressing in coat and tie every morning, taking briefcase as he leaves the house,
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Moon
Sam Rockwell delivers an exciting performance in "Moon," almost a one-man tour de force. He co-stars with himself and with the voice of Kevin Spacey in a tense, entertaining drama that will offer moments of comparison with "2001" and others of the genre. It opens today. Rockwell, as Sam Bell, has been living alone on
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Steak (or Other) Salad
A new summer entree has popped up at our house. It’s from an old recipe, dating back probably to the Reagan administration, from a magazine I can no longer identify, it did me well in my single years as a late-night supper when friends gathered to decompress after a long evening at the hospital. Now
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This Week’s Wine, July 5, 2009
I was a young wine writer and David Stare was a young winemaker when we met over lunch at Zoe Houk’s first restaurant in Lafayette Square. Yes, it was a long time ago, but Stare, who established Dry Creek Vineyards in 1972, was talking of his dreams. He had bought land in the Dry Creek
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Whatever Works
Welcome home, Woody After shooting fitfully funny films in England and Spain, Woody Allen returns to New York, and, working in predictable territory, brings forth an oh-so-predictable movie, "Whatever Works", and if he doesn't blast a home run out of the park, he rifles a double off the wall. With a script written for Zero