Ann Lemons Pollack
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Sen Thai Bistro
We’re always on the hunt for places to eat before we go to the theater. Good food, responsive service—and, oh, yes, reasonable prices. That’s the ticket, so to speak. For those en route to the theaters on Washington Avenue, like the ArtLoft, or even the Fox, Sen Thai, at the corner of 13th and Locust,
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A Semi-Gazpacho
Soup is a favorite treat in our house, both for ordinary suppers and as a first course when we have guests. This time of the year the soups are as apt to be cold as hot, not surprisingly. This one comes from the Elsah Landing Restaurant Cookbook. I tasted it at the original Elsah Landing
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This Week’s Wines, July 3, ’06
A week ago, we were talking about rose wines and drinking for summer. Let’s continue the discussion another week. More St. Louis restaurants and wine stores are adding roses – good roses – to their selections, and the reaction seems to be good. More people are trying the off-color wine, and they’re liking it, which
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Stratford, Ontario
A town named Stratford is an appropriate place for Shakespeare, to be sure. And Canada’s Stratford Festival, a little more than a two-hour drive east from Detroit, is a popular summer destination. Two of the three festival theaters are in a park-like setting overlooking Lake Victoria, created by dams on the Avon River. Benches provide
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The First Tomatoes
A year ago this time, I was not cooking. We were deep into the creative process of "The Great St. Louis Eats Book," eating out about eight times a week, writing, editing and thinking. We’ve found that finishing books in late summer works best for a number of reasons, but the tradeoff is that much
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This Week’s Wines
With summer now formally upon us, and picnics or outdoor meals a part of our everyday vocabulary, we often look for lighter wines, especially at lunch time. Even though our red-wine preference is for a glass with body and big flavor, we think differently about whites, and even more so when it comes to rose.
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Washington, DC
Washington, DC, is known for many things. For us, one of the most important (aside from visiting the part of the family known as the Washington Bureau) is breakfast at Eastern Market. Just east of the US Capitol, in a residential neighborhood that’s been gentrified, Eastern Market is a smaller version of Soulard, with indoor
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Cumberland, MD
There are times when things just fall into one’s lap. In Cumberland, Md., a Western Maryland town on the much-underused I-68, we were looking for lunch. Downtown, we drove around a little and found a parking place, thinking we had a good chance to get lucky on a street that had become a pedestrian mall.
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Louisville, KY
Lynn’s Paradise Café has been the subject of many articles, so our first visit doesn’t quite fall into the category of a discovery. And yet, we weren’t prepared for what we found. Lynn’s is, as Hollywood used to say about its comedies, "a laff riot." It’s not one of those folksy spots filled with old
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Chesapeake Bay, Where Crab Is King
For as long as I can remember, Chesapeake Bay was the home of the nation’s finest crabs – big ones, filled with delicious meat for cocktails or cakes; small ones with soft shells (actually no shells) ready for sautéing or frying; giant hard-shells for steaming, piling on