A few years ago, I shared the crock pot recipe I use making red beans and rice. When I got an Instant Pot (electric pressure cooker), I wanted to keep flavor and ease and see if we could make it faster. My friend Chef Alli converted it into an Instant Pot recipe for red beans and rice. This week, when… Read More
Lessons Learned at the Chef’s Table — Pastaria and Hog & Hominy
Have you ever sat at the chef’s table at a restaurant? You know, either a table in or bar that allows you access to the kitchen. Every time I go to Pastaria with a friend or two, I hope I’ll be seated there (bigger groups are really more convenient to visit at a regular table). But have to admit, I… Read More
Great Lunch Meetup at Nadoz & Vino Nadoz
The St. Louis Bloggers Group (#STLBloggers) had a Sunday meetup this week and the great foks at Nadoz Cafe and Vino Nadoz Wine Bar hosted us in great style! (Note the pronunciation is like the final syllables of Coronado’s since their other restaurant is in Hotel Coronado.) Thanks to Lindsay Williams Itzkowitz from Itz Linz for getting the event all set up —… Read More
Mindfulness in Food May Be What We Need
I can remember friends saying they were carb-loading for a big race. They wanted that energy that can sustain you for a long run or whatever. Pasta, cereal, etc were the way to go. Compare that to the foods we were generally eating at the time. Breakfast was cereal at times, eggs and bacon others, maybe toast, a grapefruit or… Read More
Where does your horseradish come from? Maybe a Missouri farm!
A few weeks ago, I stopped by a farm in southeastern Missouri (the Missouri Bootheel) to meet someone I had only talked to online and in the process got to see a crop I had no idea was grown nearby. And I have to admit, its a crop I hadn’t even thought about being grown at all! Horseradish. I mean… Read More
Learning About Food in Charleston Thanks to Two Bloggers
If Charleston hasn’t officially been named one of America’s top food cities, it is just because the people of Charleston didn’t want any more people charging into their city and filling up the reservation logs at so many incredible restaurants. But what strikes me in such a major way is that great food isn’t for the elite restaurants in Charleston…. Read More