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Gado Gado Salad
The visiting vegetarians always are a challenge to cook for. I like it, certainly, especially I cook far less than I used to, so when I come across something that seems like it would work, I bookmark it for later. I found this via Leite’s Culinaria http://leitesculinaria.com/, where it was titled “Healthy Gado Gado Salad”.
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The St. Louis Food & Wine Experience
Turns out there are still tickets available for this weekend’s Food & Wine Experience benefiting the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. It covers several rooms at the Chase Park Plaza, from the Khorassan Room up to the Starlight Roof. I know from previous years’ visits that this can be a place for some very serious
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Local Chef Kitchen
Do you know Lucky Peach? It’s a quarterly food magazine, but not the here’s-a-new/obscure/folksy-restaurant-and-some-interesting-recipes-you-probably-won’t-even-try sort of thing. The focus is on writing about food. There are few recipes, modern (but mostly readable) graphics, and some interesting bylines. The fall 2016 issues focuses on the concept of fine dining, and it includes things like Anthony Bourdain’s
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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Any old movie buffs out there? Do you remember Kind Hearts and Coronets, with Alec Guinness? That’s an ancestor of the newest offering at the Fox, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Except. After some legal wrangling, authors Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman went back even further, to the novel on which the film
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Kindertransport
Kindertransport is a disquieting piece of theatre. On one level, that’s not surprising. Much of what’s been written about Nazi Germany is, and rightfully so. But this, talking about the evacuation of Jewish children to Great Britain, just as the war is about to start, would seem like it could be warm, perhaps even charming.
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Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida
Somehow, I suspect Giuseppe Verdi is not rolling over in his grave at Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida. Verdi was interested in financial success, and considering popular culture, this version of the Aida story is far better than what might have appeared. Faint praise? Only technically. It’s great fun at the Muny for its
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Beer and the Bard
The Shakespeare season is about to start here in St. Louis, and to mark its opening and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Schlafly has created a new brew. And it's delicious. You can read about it here, including the interesting variety of hops that make the beer quite singular. It's well-known that I am a
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Union Loafers
The little stretch of Tower Grove Avenue between Vandeventer and I-44 continues to be an incubator for interesting food spots. Joining its distinguished neighbors is Union Loafers, a bakery-cum-eatery. To be specific, it's a bread bakery, the day's wares on display at the north end of the room and samples out for trying. But we're
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Byrd and Barrel
Surely I am not the only one that finds deep, almost unsettling irony in Byrd and Barrel's location. It's in an old Popeye's Fried Chicken building. Years ago I, not once but twice, knew the neighborhood well – it was close to several hospitals. They've even kept the drive-through, but the inside is far more
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Shining City
Everybody in "Shining City" has a problem. But that makes for good drama, and author Conor McPherson's work, now on display at Upstream Theater, takes full advantage of the human condition. Set in a small and obviously low-budget – beware the door – office in Dublin, a newly-minted therapist has begun to see patients. So