Email Author Aimee Levitt

Awards

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Kevin Jackson Wrote the Book..."

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 30, 2010

  "Dr. Peanut"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Literary St. Louis"

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2008 Stories by Aimee Levitt

• Corpses Good Enough to Heat Swedish Town, but Not St. Louis

  published Dec 30, 2008

  From the land that gave us Ikea, tiny yet tasty meatballs and the Swedish Chef comes another idea to make the world a better place. Halmstad, by all appearances an idyllic little city on the west coas... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Pet Cookies

  published Dec 19, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure.Sometimes I try to imagine Bess' cat heritage. The first four months of her life are a mystery to me. I know she ha... More >>

• Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Oscar Mayer Deli Creations Flatbread Sandwich, Buffalo-Style Ranch Chicken

  published Dec 12, 2008

  This week the Bear Market embarks on a great adventure: the sandwich. Last weekend we bought a stack of frozen grocery store panini and flatbread and stockpiled them in the RFT freezer. Barring theft... More >>

• Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Hot Pockets Steak & Cheese Panini

  published Dec 11, 2008

  This week the Bear Market embarks on a great adventure: the sandwich. Last weekend we bought a stack of frozen grocery store panini and flatbread and stockpiled them in the RFT freezer. Barring theft... More >>

• Last Night: Left Bank Books Heads Downtown -- It Just Needs a Few More Books

  published Dec 11, 2008

  Left Bank Books, the venerable Central West End bookstore that recently turned 39 "for the first time," in the words of events coordinator Danielle Borsch, held a grand opening celebration at its new ... More >>

• Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Alexia Four Cheese Tuscan-Style Panini

  published Dec 10, 2008

  This week the Bear Market embarks on a great adventure: the sandwich. Last weekend we bought a stack of frozen grocery store panini and flatbread and stockpiled them in the RFT freezer. Barring theft... More >>

• Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Oscar Mayer Deli Creations Flatbread Sandwich, Steakhouse Beef with Garlic Parmesan Sauce

  published Dec 09, 2008

  This week the Bear Market embarks on a great adventure: the sandwich. Last weekend we bought a stack of frozen grocery store panini and flatbread and stockpiled them in the RFT freezer. Barring theft... More >>

• Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Stouffer's Corner Bistro Southwest-Style Chicken Panini

  published Dec 08, 2008

  This week the Bear Market embarks on a great adventure: the sandwich. Last weekend we bought a stack of frozen grocery store panini and flatbread and stockpiled them in the RFT freezer. Barring theft... More >>

• A Little Pick-Me-Up

  published Dec 03, 2008

  It's that time of the day, when you're drowsing at your desk, thinking about how nice it would be to crawl into your own soft bed, pull the duvet over your head to shut out the December grayness and ... More >>

• You Have No More Excuses Not to Eat Soy Bars

  published Dec 03, 2008

  It is a proven fact (by someone,somewhere) that people will use any excuse to avoid eating something that might be good for them, particularly if it doesn't taste very good.Soy, for instance, causes ... More >>

• Ride the Megabus for Free. Yeah, That's Right, Free!

  published Dec 01, 2008

  We know how much you love St. Louis. We know you love it so much you would never, ever want to leave, even though gas prices have gone down which makes an out-of-town excursion more feasible than it w... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Thanksgiving Feast

  published Nov 25, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. Were there cats on the Mayflowerr There must have been, if only to chase mice, but I can't ever recall hearing abo... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Faux Sushi

  published Nov 20, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. In hard times, one must learn to make concessions. At least this is the message that has been pounded into our h... More >>

• Mistress of Horror: Nobody writes vampire novels the way St. Louis' Laurell K. Hamilton does – and yes, there's lots of sex

  published November 19, 2008

  On the warm, moonless night before Halloween, 65 people huddle around a campfire at Eureka's Wild Canid Survival and Research Center in the... More >>

• Film's Rolling: The St. Louis International Film Festival celebrates its seventeenth year

  published November 12, 2008

  Now in its seventeenth year, the St. Louis International Film Festival continues to bring fresh ideas and bold story telling from all corners... More >>

• Hard Times: When the going gets tough, some St. Louisans head for pawn shops

  published October 29, 2008

  You know times are tough when bankers and lawyers are standing alongside journalists and factory workers in the unemployment line. When a CNN... More >>

• Meet the people behind those "Sarah Palin: Putting the 'Cunt' back in our Country" T-shirts

  published October 22, 2008

  You wouldn't expect a man who haunts the Delmar Loop in a T-shirt that reads "Sarah Palin: Putting the 'Cunt' back in our Country" to have many... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Batter Blaster

  published Oct 15, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. Not many other people, I've found, cook for their cats. When you meet another cat-chef and they claim to have su... More >>

• Plot thickens: A raging feud at Pacific City Cemetery threatens to wake the dead

  published October 15, 2008

  Six months ago a group of teenagers went on a rampage in Pacific City Cemetery, knocking over headstones and snapping the tops off monuments.... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Sky King's Marrow Bones

  published Oct 02, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. Last Saturday afternoon found me wandering through the Soulard Market feeling glum. It had been nearly two month... More >>

• Just for Kicks: St. Louis will field a new professional women's soccer team next spring

  published October 1, 2008

  In these times of hope deferred, what with the Cardinals' late-season collapse and the Rams on their way to NFL infamy, St. Louisans must remember... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal

  published Sep 29, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. An update on last week's post: Starbucks is not a better cook than the Quaker Oats Quaker. At least not in my hu... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Maple and Brown Sugar

  published Sep 24, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. Ian sent me this blog post a few weeks ago. Apparently Starbucks sent samples of their new healthy choices break... More >>

• Cooking for Your Cat: Trident Alaskan Salmon Burger Revisited

  published Sep 10, 2008

  RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure. Two weeks ago, the state of Alaska was just an abstraction to us, a land of ice and snow and moose, where grandm... More >>

• The It Girls: The next supermodel may be coming from a high school near you

  published September 10, 2008

  Karlie Kloss has sauntered down innumerable Fashion Week runways in impossibly high heels. She has grown accustomed to walking past a newsstand... More >>