Two Cents’ Worth
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Evangeline’s
This is not a review. It was going to be, but things happened. I had brunch with four friends at Evangeline’s Bistro and Music House. I’ve had brunch there before, and was happy with the food, the service, and of course the music. I wrote about that here. But: Our food arrived 90 minutes after our
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Dim Sum Tips: How to Eat
Regular readers know that, on the whole, I don't post links except to my own work. But I just came across this video from Tasting Table. It's from the third generation of the family that owns the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in New York. Nom Wah has been operating just shy of a hundred years;
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Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis: The Food
As the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis goes on in high gear, there are a couple of ways to participate that involve food. Both occur on Sunday. There are still tables available at the jazz brunch The Dark Room at the Grandel is doing. If you’re going on to a matinee and show your tickets,
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BRIEFS
Speaking of reminders of coming events, please don’t forget that the sixth and final BRIEFS Festival of Short LGBTQ plays is coming up. It’s at the new .ZACK Performing Arts Center, which is at 3224 Locust, just east of Grand Center, on March 9-11. Evenings at 8, plus a Saturday matinee at 4 p.m. The
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The St. Louis Theater Circle Awards 2017
It's getting on to that time again. The annual St. Louis Theater Circle awards are coming up on March 20. Again this year, we're holding it at the Viragh Center at Chaminade College Preparatory School at 425 South LIndbergh between Olive and I-64, a great venue with lots of room. This isn’t just for people
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Mixing the Arts
Mixing the arts together is always an interesting idea, and mostly it’s a good one. Opera Theatre of St. Louis is indulging in just that with a series of get-togethers at venues throughout the area, mixing food, drink and music. It’s not quite “dinner and a show”, but almost. It’s (probably heavy) appetizers and some
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Coming on Monday: The Every 28 Hours Plays
Just a reminder that The Every 28 Hours Plays will have what seems to be its final appearance in St. Louis Monday night. Developed in conjunction with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, it’s a series of one-minute plays from many authors. It was created in the aftermath of Ferguson. This October, the plays are being staged
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Leon Bierbaum
It was saddening to learn of the death of Leon Bierbaum, restaurateur, Francophile, and elegant dresser. Read more here on St. Louis Mag's blog.
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St. Louis Food History
Good news. The St. Louis Media History Foundation’s new exhibit at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is now open. And it’s about food. We – I’m on the board of the Foundation and I helped curate this exhibit – are showing off some fascinating and sometimes quite handsome stuff from the Foundation’s collection. Most of
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La Patisserie Chouquette
I had lunch with a friend from Kansas City today, and took her into La Patisserie Chouquette afterwards. Simone Faure's work is always dazzling, of course. Just take a look at the cakes she's doing for Mothers' Day. Alas, they just stopped taking orders for them as we stood at the caisse ready to pay for the armload