Ann Lemons Pollack
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Fork & Stix
Chiang Mai-style Thai food?Yup. Go check it out here. Yes, the parking can be tricky, but the search for the intrepid foodie could well be worth it.
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Basso
The interior designers of the new edition of the Cheshire have certainly earned their fees. The third venue we’ve visited there is Basso, a virtual undercroft that’s down a curving flight of terrazzo stairs. (Wheelchair access is via another door and requires calling ahead, unfortunately.) The long room centers on the double-sided bar, an open
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An Eater’s (and Cook’s) Holiday in Mexico
Here’s a great combination – a beach vacation and serious cooking lessons. Carrie Houk (and, yes, she IS the sister of Zoe “Fratellini/Bar les Freres” Houk) is putting together a trip to Mexico, staying in Playa del Carmen at the Mahekal Beach Resort (discounts for culinary guests!). Cooking lessons and a market crawl with Silvio
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We Have A Winner
The St. Louis Media History Foundation has announced the first winner of the Joe Pollack Scholarship. Tabitha Williams is a student at St. Louis University. Joe Holleman has the full scoop on stltoday.com. I know Joe would have been thrilled about this, and for those of you who had the privilege of knowing his marvelous mother,
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Red Truck Bakery
Lovely little towns are not a dime a dozen, and finding another one is always a pleasure. The outskirts of such spots are almost inevitably deceiving, so it wasn't until my second visit to Warrenton, VA, that I found myself happily neck-swiveling in the neighborhood around the old courthouse. This being Virginia, there's an historical
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On The Departure of Duff’s
Forty years of memories of going to Duff's, from discovering it one late autumn while shopping on North Euclid with my best friend and seeing they had on the menu a croque monsieur, something I'd only read about to a guy playing Bach on his guitar while I wished the night would never end. And
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Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust
A new option for Grand center pre-theater and -music dining? You bet. A half-block from Powell Hall, Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust puts soul food in elegant new digs. And speaking of elegant, this is, as a lot of people know, the project of the elegant Robbie Montgomery, the third location for her restauratnt. The OWN
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Brunch: Atlas
Atlas has begun serving brunch, and, in Bryan Carr's usual style, the menu is downright seductive. The bistro, with its shady sidewalk for tables and large windows for morning sun, is a fine setting for morning food (although there are some options for lunching, including their excellent simple green salad). Yes, thanks, we'll have some
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Mrs. Mannerly
Ettiquette classes seem to have returned from the near dead. These days they're seen as yet another weapon in the battle to get ahead in the kill-or-be-killed job market. But manners have never flagged as a subject in theater; they've been a standard for centuries, probably millenia. "Mrs. Mannerly", from Max & Louie Productions and