Email Author Ian Froeb

Awards

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 11, 2010

  "Near Beer"

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

  "Jeffrey Plaza Jewel"

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2005 Stories by Ian Froeb

• A Garden of Ceramic Delights

  published November 30, 2005

  In general flowers are beautiful. The color; the shape of a bloom; the assembled mass of flowers in a bed, working color in point and... More >>

• Double Feature

  published November 16, 2005

  Feature Films April's Shower (unrated) Trish Doolan. Take a roomful of good-looking lesbians, a porn star named Spring... More >>

• Films Without Borders

  published November 9, 2005

  FEATURE FILMS: Beyond the Rocks (unrated) Sam Wood. Beyond the Rocks was presumed lost for more than 80 years. But then,... More >>

• Raise Two Glasses

  published November 2, 2005

  Our cat is a drunk. Seriously: Open a bottle, and Lilly leaps onto the table, mewling for a sip of our $2.99 Bulgarian caberlot. We don't know... More >>

• Cavern Club

  published October 26, 2005

  FRI 10/28 Since Missouri has more than 5,500 caves, the underground hideouts are practically more plentiful around these parts than... More >>

• Grand Grand Center

  published October 19, 2005

  Sometimes we just want to call up artist Daniel Raedeke and ask him what else the future holds. After all, this St. Louisan has already... More >>

• Doves

  published September 28, 2005

  Doves have always flown under the radar in America. While known as Sub Sub in the early-'90s, they embodied the Manchester acid-house scene... More >>

• We Have Mouthfeel

  published September 28, 2005

  So you don't have tickets to the final two Cardinals games at Busch Stadium, but you still plan to head downtown to soak up the ambiance. Why not... More >>

• Rugged Rendezvous

  published September 14, 2005

  Next time you want to beat the white-truffle oil out of that jerk whose "Pour Some Sugar on Me" ringtone provides the soundtrack to what you... More >>

• What Is That Word?

  published September 7, 2005

  FRI 9/9 Gentlemen, if you're in the mood for a quiet (or not-so-quiet) night alone, just say those three magic words: "I. Hate.... More >>

• Look! Up in the Sky!

  published August 31, 2005

  Once, county fairs were humble proceedings. You showed off your prize heifer; you learned the latest advances in sheep-shearing... More >>

• Meal Ticket

  published August 17, 2005

  Choices, like small children and vodka martinis, are sublime when you have only two. George Bush or John Kerry? That's democracy. How to keep your... More >>

• The Great Outdoors

  published July 27, 2005

  SAT 7/30 Here at Night & Day Global Industries, no three words fire our brooding hearts with more passion than these: free shotgun... More >>

• Apostle of Friendship

  published July 13, 2005

  Deborah Weinstein has spent the last six years photographing the congregation of the Bible Fellowship Apostolic Church in East St. Louis. Through... More >>

• Head Over Feet

  published June 29, 2005

  When Alanis Morissette stormed out of Canada with 1995's Jagged Little Pill, she was a bundle of neuroses, screaming about (supposedly)... More >>

• Here's to You, Ms. Robinson

  published June 22, 2005

  SAT 6/25 Marilynne Robinson is not another J.D. Salinger, sequestered in the woods, endlessly rewriting her earlier work, but you would... More >>

• Crooked Fingers

  published March 9, 2005

  The comparison is unavoidable. Crooked Fingers frontman Eric Bachmann sounds an awful lot like Neil Diamond when he sings. This is not a... More >>

• Reality Rock

  published February 23, 2005

  1) The Whole To-Do of What to Do for Money Drummer Jerry MacDonnell would like to talk about his band, the Wrens, and their most recent... More >>

• A Lute Proposition

  published February 23, 2005

  FRI 2/25 Thanks to Renaissance fairs everywhere, the European lute has lost its once-sterling reputation as a powerful instrument. All... More >>

• Dunk 'n Go Nuts

  published February 9, 2005

  What's wrong with the National Basketball Association (besides the malcontent adolescent superstars and occasional fan beatings)? Well, for... More >>

• There Is No Rex Kwon Do

  published January 26, 2005

  SAT 1/29 For most of us, seeing martial arts practiced in real time is an embarrassing "no, wait, dude -- it only works if you grab my... More >>

• Kids Stewing Indoors?

  published January 12, 2005

  Kabin fever (pediatric cabin fever) strikes children with nary a warning sign. It picks no favorites and shows no mercy. Whether you're in charge... More >>