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BEST BARBECUE RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA AND JOHNNY FUGITT

When you first meet Johnny Fugitt he radiates a gentlemanly persona. Winning smile. Charming manners. Not a spot on his shirt nor bulk to his body (which is contrary to what a steady diet of barbecue might suggest). Not that a second meeting doesn’t yield the same reaction. It’s just that Johnny seems more of […]

THE BEST KANSAS CITY BARBECUE

Kansas City is said to have over 100 restaurants, joints, shacks, stands, trucks and other outlets that specialize in barbecue. And most of the places serve barbecue that’s smokin, making it it the pits for tourists fired up to find the hottest to decide where to go. That’s when supergal Bethanie Schemel comes to the […]

¶ Posted 12 July 2015 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BARBECUE § KANSAS CITY § PRODUCTS § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Arthur Bryant's Barbecue, barbecue, BB's Lawnside BBQ, Gates Bar B.Q., Kansas City, KC Barbecue Tours, LC's Bar-B-Q, Plowboys BBQ, SLAP's BBQ, Zarda Bar-B-Q

BLUES CITY DELI & OLIVE SALAD

Doesn’t matter when you show up for lunch, even minutes after the doors open at 11 a.m. you’re apt to find long lines. Blues City Deli, located in St. Louis’s Benton Park neighborhood is a popular place. It’s also casual, comfortable, and party friendly—no doubt reflecting the casual, comfortable and party-fun personality of its food-and […]

¶ Posted 19 June 2015 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CONDIMENTS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SALADS § SANDWICHES § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Blues, Blues City Deli, Condiment, Muffuletta, Olive Salad, SANDWICHES, St. Louis, Vince "Vinnie" Valenza

GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES & LIVING ROOM

The cafe is all for the good. Good deeds. Good coffee. Good treats. Good place to be. According to head baker Nate Larson, the cafe’s backstory involves his dad, Barry Larson—the founder of Bridges, an organization providing support services to people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Seems Barry bought a used coffee roaster for a […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2015 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BEVERAGES § BREAKFAST § COFFEE § COOKIES § DESSERTS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: chocolate chips, coffee cafe, COOKIES, Gluten-free, Peanut butter

ST. LOUIS HIDDEN TREASURES

Randy Tankersley is a self confessed history nut. He is also a complex, creative man with a gift for storytelling. His storytelling takes many forms. He used storytelling while working as a broadcast photojournalist for ABC News Midwest bureau—a job that brought him to St Louis in 1988. He excels at “visually branded storytelling through […]

¶ Posted 05 October 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DRINKS § PRODUCTS § ST. LOUIS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: City Garden, Eric Sarrinen, Gateway Arch, Henry Shaw, Planter's House Bar, Planter's House Hotel, Planter's Punch, Pontiac, Randy Tankersley, St. Louis, STL Lost & Found, Wainwright Building

BEST FOOD ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI

Wow, talk about a diverse cooking career. Regina Charboneau has worked as a camp cook in the bush of Alaska; been chef de cuisine on a set of luxurious vintage railway cars; launched numerous top restaurants (including King’s Tavern in Natchez, Mississippi; Regina’s at the Regis and Biscuits & Blues, both in San Francisco); written […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2014 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DARROW § DAVENPORT § GALENA § GREENVILLE § ILLINOIS § IOWA § LA CROSSE § LOUISIANA § MEMPHIS § MINNEAPOLIS § MINNESOTA § MISSISSIPPI § NATCHEZ § NEW ORLEANS § RESTAURANTS § ST. LOUIS § ST. PAUL § TENNESSEE § TRAVEL § WISCONSIN ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Acre, Antoine's, August, Bar La Grassa, Basso, Bebo's Dogs & Beef, Biscuits and Blues, Dickie Brennan's, Galena Brewing Co, Heartland restaurant, Hog and Hominy, Hotel Blackhawk, Mississippi, Mississippi Current Cookbook, Natchez, NEW ORLEANS, Revolution, Root, Sugarfire, Sylvain

ST LOUIS BASEBALL AND GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Baseball fans headed to St. Louis will strike out if they devote 24/7 to baseball alone. Although baseball is the city’s heart and soul—it is not its total being. America’s quintessential baseball city sports a series of other world-class, major-league attractions and even visitors who put baseball first and foremost can score the most from […]

¶ Posted 22 October 2013 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DESSERTS § RECIPES § ST. LOUIS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: baseball, Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, City Museum, Forest Park, Gateway Arch, Gooey Butter Cake, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, St. Louis Zoo, Ted Drewes, toasted ravioli

Best Restaurants in Columbia, Missouri

Danene Beedle is the perfect person to suggest where to eat in Columbia, Missouri. As the marketing director for the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, Danene is a wine connoisseur. As an avid foodie and accomplished cook, she sports a highly developed appreciation of fine food. Her job description includes traveling through Missouri, co-coordinating food […]

¶ Posted 06 August 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COLUMBIA § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off °

Gooey Butter Cookies, The Blue Owl and Kimmswick, MO

Kimmswick, Missouri, counts 97 official residents and two main attractions: the Anheuser Museum & Estate—the ancestral home of a relative of the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, and the Windsor Harbor Road Bridge—a 60- (or thereabouts) foot long pedestrian bridge thought to be one of the oldest wrought iron spans in Missouri. Add a handful […]