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Third Wheel Brewing and Brewmaster Abbey Spencer

Abbey Spencer produces a wide-range of stunning beers as brewmaster at Third Wheel Brewing. Among them is a Goomah Stout used to make a deep, rich, chocolate and stout brownie–recipe included.

Beef Stew Recipe/Food Writer Daniel Neman

He’s a food writer for sure, but he’s also a movie-loving, food comic with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor that has a bit of a bite. Just think of this sentence that Daniel Neman wrote on January 8, 2014, introducing himself as the new food writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Can’t help it, can’t […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2022 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CINCINNATI § ENTREES § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § MISSOURI § OHIO § PASTA § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: beef stew, Cincinnati Chili, Dan Neman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Noodles, Spaetzle, Dumplings and Chicken

I started reading my mother’s diaries. This is not as intrusive as it sounds as mom (Betty Manlin) wrote them when she was well into her eighties for her kids to read as desired. When packing her home after she died, I put the diaries in a storage box, only to be found many years […]

¶ Posted 05 February 2022 † Susan Manlin Katzman § GRANDMOTHER RECIPES § PASTA § SOUPS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: chicken and dumplings, dumplings, noodles, spaetzle

HOMEMADE for the HOLIDAYS

Gift wrapped in sugar and spice and everything nice, Sweet Leisure brings you some sensational, truly terrific, and downright delicious recipes that you can make for happy holiday indulging. Click below for: GOOD, GRAND AND GROOVY GOURMET GIFTS TO GIVE Peanut Butter cookies, Hot Cocoa Cake, Coffee Rub, Spiced Pecans, Sponge Candy and Pompelmocello. […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § CAKE § CANDY § CHEESE § CHOCOLATE § CHRISTMAS § COCKTAILS § COFFEE § CONDIMENTS § COOKIES § DRINKS § ENTERTAINING § GIFT GIVING § GLUTEN FREE § HAM § HEADS UP TO HAPPY HOUR § SAUCES § SOUPS § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: birthday cake, Brie, cream soups, fig rum conserve, Gorgonzola, gourmet gifts, ham, hot cocoa cake, hummus, peanut butter cookies, port wine sauce, preserved kumquats, Smoked Salmon, spiced pecans, sponge candy

CRANBERRY SALAD FROM BARBARA GIBBS OSTMANN

Barbara Gibbs Ostmann and I have been friends for so long that I don’t remember how we met. I think it was when she first became food editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sometime in the mid 1970s. She interviewed me about my cooking school for kids and then subsequently hired me to freelance, not […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § CHRISTMAS § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § DESSERTS § ENTERTAINING § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § HOLIDAYS § SALADS § SAUCES § SIDE DISHES § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Barbara Gibbs Ostmann, cranberries, Cranberry salad, Food Editors' Favorites Cookbooks, The Recipe Writer's Handbook

SCALLOPS, LIMONCELLO, FABRIZIA

It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. Here was Covid, giving the world lemons and the Mastroianni brothers turning lemons into lemon aid—the kind of aid that helps the soul feel pampered and privileged. We’re talking heavenly booze and divine baked goods. But let me backtrack. Inspired by a family trip […]

¶ Posted 19 November 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BEVERAGES § COCKTAILS § DRINKS § ENTREES § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § HEADS UP TO HAPPY HOUR § PRODUCTS § SEAFOOD ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Fabrizia, Lemon Crush, Limoncello, Scallops

FABULOUS FEAST FOOD FOR THANKSGIVING

In the spirit of Thanksgiving past, present and future, Sweet Leisure revisits a cornucopia of recipes so that you can fill your table with fun, festive and frankly fabulous feast food. HARVEST VEGETABLE SOUP A simple, special, superb, savory soup that combines the best of the season’s harvest to jump start a sumptuous feast. […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BREADS § BRUSSELS SPROUTS § CAKE § CAULIFLOWER § DESSERTS § HOLIDAYS § PIES § SALADS § SIDE DISHES § SOUPS § THANKSGIVING § VEGETABLES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Apple Pie, bacon corn muffins, Brussels sprouts, carrot cake, cauliflower, chess pie, chowder, harvest soup, pumpkin bread, roast turkey, Thanksgiving feast foods

HONEY CRACKED WHEAT BREAD and SUZANNE CORBETT

Glory be! Suzanne Corbett just launched a new book. A Culinary History of Missouri: Foodways & Iconic Dishes from the Show-Me State, co-written with fellow food and travel writer Deborah Reinhart, promises to excite everyone interested in food, history, Missouri and recipes. Suzanne declares a passion for “food history and anything that fills a plate […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § BREADS § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § ST. LOUIS § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: A Culinary History of Missouri: Foodways & Iconic Dishes from the Show Me State, cracked wheat, honey, Suzanne Corbett, The Gilded Table, The Soulard Market Cookbook, Unique Eats and Eateries, wheat bread

DOSA AND MAYURA INDIAN RESTAURANT

Dr. Aniyan, or Padmini as her friends call her, greets guests at the door of her south Indian restaurant with a smile as brilliant as the gold trimmed sari that she explains is her “work” uniform. The Ph.D professor of business management and accounting and her restauranteur husband, Aniyan Puthanpurayil, immigrated to the United States […]

¶ Posted 14 September 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § BREADS § BREAKFAST § CALIFORNIA § GLUTEN FREE § IMMIGRANT CHEFS § INDIA § KERALA § LOS ANGELES § RESTAURANTS § SIDE DISHES § Uncategorized § VEGETABLES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: California, Culver City, dal, dosa, Gluten-free, Indian restaurant, Indian-style crepes, Los Angeles, Mayura, vegetarian

EDOBOX MODERN JAPANESE RESTAURANT, SANTA MONICA, CA

Disclaimer: Scott Manlin is my nephew. As far as I can remember, he has always appreciated fine food and good restaurants. When he was barely an adult and living in Chicago, and I was a James Beard Foundation restaurant judge and couldn’t get to all of the nominated Chicago restaurants, I asked Scott for advice. […]