Two Cents’ Worth
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Ann Lemons Pollack: A Well-Seasoned Life
Never a shrinking violet, Ann moved between many different worlds during her 76 years.
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Rich LoRusso
A real loss to all of St. Louis. We knew it was coming, but still very sad. https://www.stlmag.com/dining/remembering-restaurateur-rich-lorusso/
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Football and food?
Why, yes, and we're not talking about Super Bowl snacks. The SEC Network (that's the South East Conference for athletics, to which Mizzou belongs) has a food show with serious cred. John T. Edge, noted author on the topic of Southern food and founding director of Southern Foodways Alliance, in conjunction with the New York
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Food and Music: The Fourth Installment Features a St. Louis Classic
It’s a classic: Gooey butter cake is at the heart of the fourth and final Cooking, Carols & Cocktails video from the Rep. Who can say no? Chris Phillips of Perfectly Pastry brings us along as she creates a sheet-pan-sized batch in the kitchen of Urban Eats. If the name Urban Eats doesn’t ring a
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Food and Music: Onward to the Third Installment
The third of the Rep’s series Cooking, Carols & Cocktails arrived on Christmas Day, a casual, chatty visit with Cathy Jenkins of Cathy’s Kitchen in Ferguson. Tonina, who provided the music in the first episode, hosts this episode, and it’s obvious that both women are having a good time. Jenkins’ first dish is jambalaya, one
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Food and Music: The Second Installment.
The second installment of The Rep’s series Cooking, Carols & Cocktails is now available, and it’s highly enticing. Where else, for instance, are you going to find “Jingle Bells” with some scat singing? Paige Alyssa gives it up in great style, a real smile-maker. On the menu in this episode is a dish that’s traditionally
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A Little Escapism
I'm so grateful in this year of staying home that a couple of years ago I got to do one of my long-time travel goals, Christmas markets in Europe. (Christmas is a very underrated time of year to travel. Fascinating stuff to see and experience, even in places like Hong Kong and Singapore, which wouldn't
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Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis
It’s time. More accurately, it’s almost time. Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis will be released November 2, two weeks from today. To my immense delight, none of the restaurants in there have, the last time I checked, succumbed to the COVID virus. Many of them are small, nearly all are family-owned, and those are the
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Update on Media History Move
What many of us knew (and loved) as the St. Louis Journalism Review, and not just because the board (Joe was a member) met downstairs at the old Balaban's for Sunday brunch and long, interesting discussions, is now the Gateway Journalism Review. Herewith a link to their story about SLMHF's move to Grand Center. And
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Throwback Thursday, Indeed!
A lovely piece by Paul Schankman for HEC about the St. Louis Media History Foundation. Lots of nostalgic bits of radio voices and television personalities, nearly all local. Plus some discussion of what we do. Here's the link to it: https://hecmedia.org/posts/schankmans-st-louis-a-trip-down-media-lane And if you want to know more about the MHF, we can be found