Recipe: Mango Peruvian Cuisine’s Aji De Gallina
Eaten a dish at an area restaurant that you’d do just about anything to make at home? Send us an email to tell us about it. Then let us do our best to deliver the recipe and make it one of your New Classics. Aji de Gallina6 ServingsCourtesy of Mango Peruvian Cuisine’s Jorge Calvo 4…
More from our conversation with Cleveland-Heath’s Jenny Cleveland
In this month’s Five Questions column (p. 50), Jennifer Cleveland told us about the restaurant she recently opened in Edwardsville: Cleveland-Heath. She talked about how she is applying what she learned at Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc and The French Laundry to her own menu, how it is both living and working with her boyfriend and…
Nutella Cream Puff
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Choosing the Cover
I love me a s’more. Whenever I have one, I remember sitting around a bonfire during sixth grade camp at Camp Lakewood. I was getting pinged with all sorts of nighttime insects (which would normally send me screaming), but we were making s’mores, so I put on a brave face. It was the first time…
Recipe: Plush’s Tomato and Pepper Waffles
A waffle that’s not drenched in butter and maple syrup? There’s zero guilt eating this savory take on a Saturday morning standard. Chef David Zimmerman of Plush starts with a smoked salmon and cracked pepper batter. Once the waffle iron does its thing, this light-as-a-feather waffle gets topped with house-cured salmon, tomato-caper relish, a smear…
Review: Kelly English Steakhouse in Maryland Heights
Kelly English SteakhouseHarrah’s St. Louis, 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights, 314.770.8100 You’d think the last thing this city needs is another steakhouse. But what’s a casino without a classy, meat-driven restaurant to lure in the big winners and a few losers seeking solace in a large, juicy New York strip? After the demise of…
Review: El Leñador Mexican Restaurant & Bar in St. Louis
El Leñador Mexican Restaurant & Bar3124 Cherokee St., St. Louis, 314.771.2222, lenador.com Why go there? A throwback to the house parties of your youth You don’t have to go out of your way to get a hold of some bad press about St. Louis: horrible crime stats, rampant STDs, insane levels of depression, job scarcity,…
Review: Rhine Haus Eatery & Pub in Central West End
Editor’s note: Rhine Haus Eatery & Pub has closed. During the 19th century, upstanding Protestant Americans were horrified when German immigrants recreated the traditional beer gardens and halls in their new home. The German bar soon became the root that sustained a town or village – a place where friends and neighbors gathered to grab…
Iriko Dashi
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Some Dishes Worth the Ride into Sunset 44
SUNSET 44 BISTRO 118 W. Adams Ave., Kirkwood, 314.965.6644 Entree prices: $16 to $28 I’ve shared many meals with loved ones at Sunset 44 Bistro. Over the past decade, I’ve toasted my dad on Father’s Day and I’ve celebrated New Year’s Eve with a family that, after a wedding, would become my own. My most…
All Wrapped Up
With the hard part all taken care of, this pre-made dough is the perfect canvas for any flavor combo you can conjure up. Filled, folded, baked and fried, here are a few ways to make the most of these time-saving little wrappers. 1. Sopaipillas To make a mini version of these deep-fried, hollow Mexican pastries,…
Marrow Mania: Forget the bullion. Scrap the stock. The key to infusing meaty flavor is right inside the bone
I first discovered bone marrow while watching a show on The Travel Channel five years ago. You know the type – some food-fantasizing nomad was wandering around, tucking into corner spots and reveling in the many delicacies he found along Italy’s cobblestone streets. Most of the show had been mild at best – the dainty…
Dottie’s Blessing: One man strives to make the best truck-stop meal in the nation
Tune in to St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU’s Cityscape on Friday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. to hear more from Tim Blessing. Tim Blessing likes to sing George Michael songs when he’s working the line. “Father Figure’s one of my favorites,” he said from a mallard-green vinyl booth in Dottie’s Family…
Custom Rims
Gone are the days when only plain white salt ran circles around your margarita glass. Nowadays, sugary sprinkles and even dehydrated vegetables and liqueurs ground to a fine powder stick to the lip of stemware filled with tequila-based tipples. The result of this rimming trendlet: an added layer of flavor and texture – and a…
Vegetarian Beef Stew
After doing a little bit of “research,” it seems that beef stew is like any other comfort food: It means different things to different people. The one I grew up on was a simple yet tasty combination of onion, carrot, potatoes and beef. My husband, however, says it isn’t beef stew without tomatoes and corn…
