Ann Lemons Pollack
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Mission Taco Joint.
San Francisco has been, until fairly recently, not known as a good spot for Mexican food. That is, not known to outsiders. But the neighborhood south of Market Street around the historic Mission Dolores is definitely Mexican, and more than once Joe and I, after a large, late dim sum brakfast, had tacos for tea
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Shlemiel the First
"Schlemiel the First" would be worth seeing for some of us if only for hearing Joanna Elkanna-Hale sing "Yenta's Blintzes". Elkanna-Hale, playing the rabbi's wife in this tale of the mystical town of Chelm, can be appreciated by both the Opera Theatre crowd and the James Beard Award crowd for firmly letting her husband know
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The Market at The Cheshire
The Market at The Cheshire is, clearly, a charming place to enter, casual and interesting, with food to eat there or to carry out after you're ordered at the counter. Other things to buy, both edible and not, while you wait for your name to be called are arranged in one of the low-ceilinged pair
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Schoemehl’s South Side Grill
By now, we've all gotten used to seeing buildings that once were fast-food spots recycled into something like Wing-a-Ding-Ding or Mamma's House of Hummus. In a world with not enough places like that and too many fast food joints, that's a good thing. But sometimes that same sort of process works differently, and an old,
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That’s A Winner: Jilly”s Two-peat
By now, much, if not all, of the St. Louis food community, both professionals and happy amateurs, has learned that Jilly's Cupcake Bar has won Cupcake Wars – again. And the winners deserved it. The winning collection is carefully focused, the flavors choreographed to go together with leaps and flourishes and pirouettes and even a
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Central Table Food Hall
Central Table Food Hall is landing in my old neighborhood, the lower Central West End, and it's the perfect location for this new outfit. Some people have likened it to Eataly or the Plaza Food Hall in New York City, but I think that's not quite on the money. It's going to be a multifaceted
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Southwest Diner
St. Louis is a better place for having easy access to the glories of a green chile cheeseburger. But not everything is spicy at Southwest Diner, as we discuss here.
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Million Dollar Quartet
Do you remember DIG Magazine? The first go-round of ponytails and DAs (the haircuts, not the attorneys), Teen Towns and guys who wanted to look like James Dean? Did you ever hear records referred to as "platters"? Then you need to quickly get yourself to the Fox Theatre to see "Million Dollar Quartet". Based on
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Moroccan Carrot Salad
The salad season is a-coming. Picnics, barbecues, hot summer evenings – salad season, right? I didn't find this carrot salad during salad season. I made it to accompany a couscous with chicken and lamb and while I was putting it together, began to consider its advantages. It's easy and doesn't require any cooking. It benefits