Ann Lemons Pollack
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Remember The Forum Cafeteria?
Here's the link to the St. Louis Magazine piece. This photo is of the Minneapolis location, via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's website, but it sure looks like what I recall ours did. The only thing I'd note is that I originally mean to write about the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was a far bigger mob scene
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Paris 2014 Part 2
So how good are the fancier restaurants in Paris? We've already looked at some spots that did cuisine bourgeoise, and my pals and I were more than happy with them. But this trip called for a few visits to restaurants with more upscale ideas, and the pursuit was mostly a worthwhile one. The first stop
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Kansas City: Brunch at Cafe Sebastienne
A fast run to Kansas City recently brought me one of the best brunches I've had in a while on the recommendation of an old pal with whom I've shared many a meal over the decades. It was at Cafe Sebastienne in the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, a few blocks north of the
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Into The Woods
Not for small children. Other than that, the movie version of Steven Sondheim's musical is eminently commendable. It begins with the standard Disney opening with their trademark fairy tale castle, the modern equivalent of MGM's roaring lion – and quickly transitions into a Disney-sized fairy tale mash-up. And that's not meant in any pejorative sense
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Eating On the Eve, and a Recipe
Christmas just isn’t the same. Well, of course it isn’t. You’re not the same, your family isn’t the same, your circumstances aren’t the same. The raggedy old knit stocking, faded and bedrabbled and loved, that hung from the front door knob – no fireplace at your house – for all the years of your childhood
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A Potato Gratin
Found: A truly excellent potato side dish. The fact that it's portable enough to carry off to holiday dinners elsewhere adds to its charm. And I found that it's flexible – once you learn the basic recipe, the theory will let the cook make it larger or smaller as the number of diners vary. Credit
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Three Flags Tavern
Whoever thought there would be a hot restaurant around Kingshighway and Southwest? Not there's anything wrong with the neighborhood of Southwest Garden District – one of my kids went to school a few blocks from there – but it's a surprise to many of us. At least it is until we try the food. The
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A New Twist on Affogato
We now return to our more-or-less-regular programming here on St. Louis Eats. Between traveling quite a lot in late autumn and a burst of theater, there hasn't been much food around this part of the web. So things will be settling down – I hope. This little item is a rarity: A recipe I haven't
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The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
Tired of the same old holiday songs already? Have we got a number for you. "The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical" doesn't have a single standard (song, that is – although one could expand on that line) in it. But in particular, there's one that makes "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" look