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Amy Zupanci

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Tidbits from Kaldi's, the Grove, Vino Nadoz

    A few more items from a very, very busy news week:- Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company is a finalist in the coffee category of the second annual Good Food Awards, a national competition judged by food producers, farmers, grocers and journalists to honor (and Gut Check is quoting the Good Food Awards he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Tidbits from Tony's and Vino Nadoz

    Tony's bidding adieu to this dining room?​- The venerable Jerry Berger was the first to report that St. Louis institution Tony's (410 Market Street; 314-231-7007) has put aside a possible relocation to the renovated Cheshire Inn and is now pondering a move to the former Busch's Grove location at 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    The Five Best Restaurants to Die in St. Louis in the Past 12 Months

    Selecting the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. This year, Gut Check is celebrating five contenders in several categories.Larry Forgione bid St. Louis adieu.​With very few exceptions, the Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Fond Restaurant in Edwardsville Closing

    Robin WheelerFond owner and chef Amy Zupanci​Owner and chef Amy Zupanci confirms to Gut Check a reader's tip that she is closing her Edwardsville, Illinois, restaurant Fond.She declined to comment further on the circumstances of the closure and the future of the restaurant's space, located on Nort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Restaurants Cope While Wenneman Meat Finalizes Rebuilding Plans

    Wenneman Meat Company, which was devastated by a fire in January, is making a comeback. They announced yesterday that they'll build a $5 million, 22,000-square-foot complex in St. Libory, Illinois, where the business has operated for 84 years. For the first time in the town's history, St. Libory off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    The Knives Have It: Local Chefs and Their Favorite Tools

    co.designMore gadgets than a Williams-Sonoma outlet store. (Click pic for humongous version.)​ Got gadgets? Pop Chart Lab does, and they've put 100 of them on a poster. But are all of them beloved? Can you find any local chefs who give names to their chinoise, or keep their clam knife in hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Wenneman Meat Market Fire Rocks Local Restaurant Scene

    www.wenneman.comWenneman Meat Market has been a mainstay behind the local restaurant scene.​The fire in the wee hours yesterday that destroyed Wenneman Meat Market on State Route 15 in St. Libory, Illinois, dealt a crippling blow to a family business that has been in operation for more than 80 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Pi Pizza Truck Hits Bureaucratic Bump in Edwardsville

    Last Wednesday, January 19, Restaurant Pi's popular pizza truck toddled over the state line to Illinois to peddle pies in Edwardsville. Alerted on Twitter, east-side Pi fans flocked to the parking lot of Fond restaurant to scarf down their choice of pepperoni, sausage, spinach-mushroom and tomato-b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    Image via Aleppo, Syria​There was a sense of newness around the Gut Check desk this week. We learned about Aleppo pepper as we welcomed the first installment of Spice World, a column about overlooked spices from around the world, we found out about a new place for pizza in south c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Panzanella by Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer

    ​This is the final installment of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Amy Zupanci, chef/owner of Fond and Township Grocer. Part one is available here, and part two, a Q&A, is posted here. Robin Wheeler​Few dishes espouse the fresh, sustainable and local ethos of Amy Zupanci as well as p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer, Part 2

    Robin Wheeler​ This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer. Part one is available here, and part three, a recipe, follows on Monday. Did your family cook when you were a child? If so, what meals stand out? Yes. The everyday dinner. Family ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    Keegan Hamilton Pieces of sake (salmon) and bonito (a type of mackerel) nigiri from Nobu's.​For your cinematic and dining pleasure this week, staff writer Keegan Hamilton explored the finer points of Akira Kurosawa's film Stray Dog and enjoyed Nobu's sushi in conjunction with the screening. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer

    This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer in Edwardsville, Illinois. Part two, a Q&A with Zupanci, follows on Friday and part three, a recipe, on Monday.Robin WheelerAmy Zupanci, chef and owner of Fond and Township Grocer​When Amy Zupa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Metro East Chefs Go Field to Fork on Saturday

    Too many people write off the Metro East as strip clubs, squalor and crime. Beyond the stereotype strife, fields roll with local produce and livestock nurtured by generations of family farmers. There's also a growing culinary scene, populated by chefs who focus on fresh and local food. Southwestern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 6.14-6.20

    ​Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. STL Hops: Mike posted a new Friday STL Beer Round-Up. A Veggie Venture: Alanna made Weight Watchers Spinach Dip. Cupcake Project: Stef made Granola Upside Down Cupcakes.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Township Grocer Eases Edwardsville into Eating Locally

    image credit​It has been almost six weeks since Karen Bailey and Amy Zupanci opened Township Grocer, adjacent to Zupanci's Fond in Edwardsville. Come Friday night they'll celebrate the opening with a ribbon-cutting and party, complete with snacks, cheese, cookies and their signature herbal cit ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 7, 2009

    Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fond

    A long-delayed visit to an Edwardsville culinary gem.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Review Slideshow: Fond

    Jennifer Silverberg​My review of Fond is now available online. Fond is located at 106 North Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois. For more information, visit the restaurant's website.In this week's Back of the House slideshow, Jennifer Silverberg takes you inside the kitchen with chef Amy Zupanci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Review Preview: Fond

    Jennifer Silverberg​This week, after a break for the Best of St. Louis 2009, I visit Fond in Edwardsville, Illinois.I don't eat scallops. Even though I've convinced myself that my allergy is psychosomatic, the collateral damage of a childhood afternoon spent at the swimming pool with a box of Keeb ... More >>

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