Shopping
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Doughnut King Crowned
Breaking news! The donut competition at Jazz At The Bistro with 15 entrants has just ended. I was there as a representative of St. Louis Magazine to help with the judging. Results? You wanted results? Here they are: 3rd Place: Vincent Van Doughnut 2nd Place: Pharoah's Donuts and the winner, a new champion: John Donut
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Coming Soon!
Attention, ice cream aficionados. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams will be opening in the Central West End on June 4. And there's free ice cream that day. (Added bonus: The first 50 people will get a free mug.) We don't know if she'll have her Gooey Butter Cake ice cream available then (but she should!), but
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A New Old Couscous
Couscous has in recent years appeared in restaurants that aren't North African at all. Most of what appears on the plate is what's known as Israeli couscous, which is really little pearl pasta. I'm not fond of it, having begun my couscous adventures with a friend who'd lived in Libya years ago. The newer iteration
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Easter Chocolate
I know. Easter is tomorrow. But we couldn't get this out until late yesterday for technical reasons, and what I found is mouthwatering. Plus, the photos are fun. Look here.
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A New Sort of Shopping Experience
It's a combination of a restaurant supply house and a warehouse store that's aimed solely at food. No entrance fee and great browsing. You can read about GFS Marketplace here.
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Parker’s Table
We were always fans of Parker's Table when it was on Maryland, so it shouldn't have taken me so long to drop by its new iteration just south of Clayton Road. There's still the same charming mixture of drinkables, interesting, un-cliched wines and beers, and edibles. Much of Jonathan Parker's stock comes from Italy, so
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Honors for Annie Gunn’s
Sante Magazine for restaurant professionals has announced its 2009 Restaurant Awards. In the category of Traditional Culinary Hospitality, the regional winner was Annie Gunn's in Chesterfield for outstanding achievement in culinary service and hospitality. The big winners were for Culinary Hospitality, Fair Hill Inn of Elkton, MD; for Wine Hospitality, PRIMA of Walnut Creek, CA,; and
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Swiss Meats
We’ve talked before about how much we like the products from Swiss Meat and Sausage Co. Located on Highway 19 in Swiss, MO, about 12 miles south of Hermann, the family operation has begun attracting well-deserved attention, thanks to things like the Deen Brothers featuring them on television and in their book. Things are
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St. Louis Farmers Markets 2008
After the months of wretched weather the area has endured, what a pleasure it is to think about the coming of farmers’ markets. Here’s the 2008 warm weather schedule for St. Louis and St. Louis County. WEDNESDAY Maplewood Farmers Market, 7260 Southwest Ave., in the parking lot of Schlafly Bottleworks, Maplewood. 4-7 p.m., May 7-October
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Parker’s Table
Jonathan Parker painted his shop’s facade a deep Tuscan yellow the other day, causing many stares from the ladies in Lexus SUVs. Parker, proprietor of Parker’s Table in Clayton, is a guy always in search of something different. He does pretty well at finding it, too. For one thing, he’s selling Italian artisanal pastas in