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Betty Crocker Foodstuffs

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    March 29, 2012

    Unlikely Food Product Names: "Golden Smell" Edition

    As part of our lifelong commitment to self-edification, Gut Check subscribes to a plethora of e-mail lists generated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the result being that our brain is hopelessly saturated with information that's of infinitesimal use to us (along with just about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Easy-Bake Oven Undergoing Energy-Conserving Makeover

    For anyone who ever baked a package of dry brownies over a 100-watt light bulb, it's a sad realization, indeed. Next year, a federal ban on the manufacture of energy-gobbling incandescent light bulbs means an end to the Easy-Bake Oven as we've known it for almost 50 years. Hasbro, the oven's manuf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Food TV Sees First Decline in Viewership

    Food TV's popularity is waning. The New York Post says that the network's 2010 numbers showed the first decrease in the network's history. In the fourth quarter of 2009, viewership plunged 10.3 percent among viewers ages 25 to 54. The slide continued with 3.3 percent in the second quarter and 4.5 pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Throwback of the House: Let's Have an Eggnog and Wassail Party (and Catch Feral Cats) with Shrimp-Anchovy Sandwiches

    Robin Wheeler​During this week of festivities, who better to consult than Betty Crocker, the grand dame of entertaining? At least, she was the grand dame back in 1960, when Betty Crocker's Party Book was published.Who else would concoct an Eggnog and Wassail Party?What the hell is an Eggnog and W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Throwback of the House: Dinner Entertaining for Jerks

    Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.I hate the drop-in v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    Indian Food Expert Raghavan Iyer in Town Next Week

    Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.I hate the drop-in v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Hell's Kitchen: Episode 3

    Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.I hate the drop-in v ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 16, 2008

    Taco Bell Bowlz bring on a serious case of existential angst

    Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.I hate the drop-in v ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 24, 2006

    How Sweet It Is

    Jennifer's is a thick slice of Midwestern paradise

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    November 2, 2005

    Hot Plates

    Boogaloo is so sexy and fun, it practically leaves lipstick on your collar

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2005

    Good, Better, Betty

    Mr. Night and Ms. Day battle it out over dessert-icon supremacy

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    September 4, 2002

    To Serve Man

    "St. Louis Cooks and Entertains" -- and you get to sample the results

  • News

    August 8, 2001
  • Culture

    August 9, 2000

    Exposure III: Aspects of Being

    St. Louis Gallery Association at Webster University's Hunt Gallery, through Aug. 13

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