Ann Lemons Pollack
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The Price
Family dynamics? Is there a better subject for a great playwright to attack? "Attack" has always been the operative verb for Arthur Miller's approach to it, and "The Price" is a good example of what he can do. The current offering at The New Jewish Theatre is a carefully crafted piece of work slowly (almost
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Just A Bite: Brunch Spuds at C.J. Mugg’s
After all my muttering and moaning about the near-ubiquitous and inaccurately named "breakfast potatoes", at last a new and tasty variant on that idea: C.J. Mugg's house potatoes at brunch are irregular slices, nicely crusty-crispy, although, yes, they are deep-fried. But they're paired up with lots of nicely browned onion bits, the greatest friend a
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Noises Off
Sometimes you want really healthy food and sometimes you want ice cream. "Noises Off" is about as far as you can get from intellectuial theater, but that's no reason to skip the season's final production at the Rep. It's hard to believe the farcial madness of "Noises Off" and the Tony-award winning, very serious drama
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Cod Squad 2014: Immaculate Conception, Maplewood
Are you there, fish? It's me, Ann. And so we begin another season of the Cod Squad. (Last week I was in Baja Arizona, where they aren't – apparently – part of the tradition.) Went to Immaculate Conception in Maplewood, handy if you're going to the Rep, but allow plenty of time, of course. The
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We Will Rock You
I wasn't expecting to be surprised by "We Will Rock You", which has just opened at the Fox. Based on the songs of Queen, the British rock band, it's an imaginative change from the and-then-we-recorded genre. Even for those only vaguely familiar with the music beyond "We Are the Champions", it's fun. It's not Shakespeare
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About O’Connell’s
I am always hard put to figure out why someone who's lived here for at least a couple of years hasn't been to O'Connell's yet. The thick burgers are an icon, even for those who order medium-well done. When I went on a low-carb diet, I found out that the burger alone, no bun, ordered
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Mango Cheesecake
For someome who isn't a cheesecake addict, I feel like I've made a lot of them over the years. They've always been contributions to parties, and they work really well for that, easily transportable and well-received. This particular version I did with a friend in mind who is unable to eat sugar. Mango popped into
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About Al’s
There's been some mumbling on local foodie chat sites about steak houses, and what about Al's, anyway, yaddayaddayadda. Well, here's a few words on Al's and why it's so traditional, it's probably actually modern and I'm not hip enough to realize it.
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Picky about chocolate chip cookies? I can sympathize. I pretty much avoid the commerical ones, feeling that they shouldn't be that crisp. I never got in the habit of making them at home, having kids who grooved on peanut butter cookies instead, and I was happy with that. And I went through a two-year period
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Sunrise Family Restaurant
No glamorous low-light idiosyncratic menu place this time. Sunrise Family Restaurant, whose sign says Sunrise Pancake House, sits on the northbound side of North Lindbergh, just below where the debris of Northwest Plaza sits, downcast and waiting for whatever cavalry can rescue it. Sunrise, on the other hand, is often possessed of a near-full parking