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Iron Fork Is This Thursday, March 28 -- Buy Your Tickets Now!

Iron Fork, the Riverfront Times' annual tasting event, is this Thursday, March 28, and I still have nothing to wear. That's my problem. Your problem is that you still haven't purchased tickets to Iron Fork. What are you waiting for? This year's event will feature samples from 40 restaurants and foo ... More >>

Want to Win Iron Fork Tickets? Write a Restaurant Review!

Iron Fork, the Riverfront Times' annual tasting event, is only a week away. It features samples from 39 area restaurants, a mixology competition among twelve local drink-slingers and the centerpiece Iron Chef-style battle pitting four local chefs against one another. Have you bought your tickets ye ... More >>

Rick Nadeau: St. Louis-Area Taxidermist Featured on AMC's New Show "Immortalized"

Fame can be a tough nut to crack for a taxidermist. That is unless you're someone like Rick Nadeau, a man who specializes in mounting squirrels dressed up like little rodent cowboys, soldiers, chefs, you name it. Nadeau boast on his website that he can "mount any squirrel in just about any position ... More >>

OFFER ABOUT TO EXPIRE! Voice Daily Deal: 50% Off Your RFT Iron Fork Ticket

Mark Thursday, March 28, on your calendar. That's the date of RFT's seventh annual Iron Fork event, highlighting the best cuisine the St. Louis restaurant scene has to offer. UPDATE 2/11/2013: The offer has been extended till midnight tonight, but the remaining available tickets are bound to sell o ... More >>

RFT's Guide to Grocery Shopping in St. Louis

Food Fight

Iron Fork 2012 Is One Week Away!

Oh, hello. Ian here on behalf of Gut Check. You know, we often use exclamation points in our headlines -- usually ironically or sarcastically or because our finger slipped and we're too lazy to fix the typo. In this case, however, we really are excited. Next Thursday, March 22, is our annual Iron F ... More >>

American Idiot at Peabody Opera House: Review

American Idiot Peabody Opera House March 2, 2012 The average age of the attendees of American Idiot's opening night at the Peabody Opera House hovered around the mid fifties, neither the target demographic for the music of Green Day nor that of a contemporary musical with a 1:4 ratio of choreograph ... More >>

Iron Fork 2012 Tickets Now Available, Discounted This Weekend [Updated]

What are you doing on the evening of Thursday, March 22? Wrong. You're coming to Iron Fork, Riverfront Times' annual tasting event, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. This year, for the first time, the paper asked me to set the table for the evening. To that end, I've selected the 30 local ... More >>

Win a Copy of Mourad Lahlou's New Moroccan

​Mourad Lahlou, acclaimed chef (ahem, Iron Chef) and owner of Aziza in San Francisco, has just released his first cookbook: New Moroccan. The pages are filled with gorgeous photographs and recipes, of course. But just as important are the glimpses into Lahlou's history and philosophy that are ... More >>

Goodbye, "Good Eats": Alton Brown's Ten Best Moments

Wikimedia CommonsAlton Brown's leaving the studio kitchen.​ After twelve years and 249 episodes, Alton Brown is ending "Good Eats", according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The final half-hour episode aired last week. The Food Network will air three final hour-long episodes this year. ... More >>

Second Shot at Free Iron Fork Tickets! [Updated With Winner!]

​Each year, the RFT hosts Iron Fork, a benefit for the St. Louis Area Foodbank. Aside from the Iron Chef-style chef and bartender battles, there will be live music and free samples from dozens of area restaurants. Additionally, three free drinks are included with each ticket. You can win tw ... More >>

Win Tickets to Iron Fork! [Updated With Winner!]

​Each year, the RFT hosts Iron Fork, a benefit for the St. Louis Area Foodbank. Aside from the Iron Chef-style chef and bartender battles, there will be live music and free samples from dozens of area restaurants. Additionally, three free drinks are included with each ticket. You can win two ... More >>

Riverfront Times Presents Iron Fork Thursday, April 7

Image via​For the fifth consecutive year, Riverfront Times will showcase food from multiple restaurants and host an Iron Chef-style battles between local chefs and bartenders. This year's Iron Fork will be held Thursday, April 7, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott.General ... More >>

Food Feuds Gooey Butter Cake Battle Airs Thursday, 12.30 -- Tomorrow Night

Can Gooey Louie beat Park Avenue Coffee in the gooey butter cake battle?​Update: (Wednesday, 12.29, 11 a.m.) A reminder from earlier this month that the Food Network appearance of Park Avenue Coffee and Gooey Louie is tomorrow night at 9 p.m.Original post:When Iron Chef America star Michael Symon ... More >>

PM BBQ cooks up the best brisket in town

Anthony Bourdain Preaches (Profanely) to the Choir at the Fox Theatre

​A standing ovation from an enthusiastic (though under capacity) audience greeted Anthony Bourdain as the chef turned author and TV host strolled onto the Fox Theatre stage on Friday evening. For the next two hours, Bourdain demonstrated the force of personality that has made him one of the bigges ... More >>

Taste of St. Louis This Weekend

Image viaSt. Louis...tastes like Arch.​Did our annual Best of St. Louis issue not give you enough inspiration to get out and try the area's restaurants? Looking for an opportunity as many restaurants as possible in one place while also enjoying the early autumn weather?You're in luck! This weekend ... More >>

Pappy's Smokehouse vs. 17th Street Bar & Grill on Food Network

Image viaMichael Symon, host of Food Feuds​The Food Network will pit (ha ha) the ribs from barbecue meccas Pappy's Smokehouse and 17th Street Bar & Grill against each other for a new show called Food Feuds. Hosted by the Cleveland-based Iron Chef America chef Michael Symon, Food Feuds will deb ... More >>

Iron Chef America Ingredient Roll Call Hilarious, Hypnotic

Another gem via the folks at Eater: A video compilation of the Iron Chef America chairman introducing ingredients.

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: RT @nicklucchesi: Cheeseburger in Gas Tank Causes $1,000 in Damages: http://digg.com/d31YVTP?t Video compilation of Iron Chef America chairman introd ... More >>

Aspiring Young Chefs Battle for Le Cordon Bleu Scholarships

This weekend some talented St. Louis high school seniors will cook for their futures at the sixth annual Le Cordon Bleu Future Chefs Competition at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. image creditOK, just guessing here, but the competitors this weekend will probably be a wee bit older than th ... More >>

Chef's Choice, Part 2: Clara Moore of Local Harvest Cafe & Catering

This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Clara Moore of Local Harvest Cafe & Catering; to read part one, click here. Robin Wheeler​Local chef who most impresses you? Andy White's revamping of the Tap Room has been amazing, and he seems to be smiling every time I see hi ... More >>

Farmers' Market Share: Thanksgiving Wheat Berry Salad Recipe

Jérôme Sautret, Wikimedia CommonsSweet potatoes: Try not to eat them all before you're done.​As a compulsive cooking overachiever, I have a tendency to see pot lucks as a challenge: How can I make something totally novel and awesome...yet avoid shopping? It's like Iron Chef: College Ingenuity.S ... More >>

Chef's Choice: The Rotten Apple's Jerad Gardner

Robin WheelerJerad Gardner at work in the Rotten Apple's kitchen​Introducing Chef's Choice, a new weekly feature in which St. Louis-area chefs cook and discuss some of their favorite recipes. Jerad Gardner didn't dream of a career in cooking. The 27-year-old studied to be a teacher and made it as ... More >>

Introducing the Novice Foodie: Crashing the Cook's Night Out

​Kelli Best-Oliver is on a quest to become a full-fledged foodie. Beginning this week, she will chronicle her adventures for Gut Check. She writes about any damn thing she pleases at South City Confidential.I have no formal culinary training. It's been ten years since I worked in a restaurant, wai ... More >>

Julia Child Haunts the Sneak

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Julia Child is haunting me.In full disclosure, I invited her in. I just didn't realize that beloved, deceased TV chefs followed roughly the same rules as vampires. Man, that is going to be no good for Mario Batali. That gentleman has stringent minimum garlic req ... More >>

At Camp Kumquat, City Kids Learn About Crops, Sustainability and Weeds

Earlier this morning, eight campers, age nine to twelve, and their two counselors, Washington University students, crouched around a potato bed in the university's student garden, the Burning Kumquat."OK, who here can tell us how long it takes for a potato to grow?" asks counselor Katie Anderson, wh ... More >>

Stocking Stuffing: Ian jots down his 2008 Christmas wish list for the local food scene

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 12.16

In today's news: Whole Foods has support in Congress, China bans substances from food, AB InBev loses a court battle and Iron Chef America for the Wii.

Chefing It Up

This one's for all the cloves of garlic

How many strikes before you call a restaurant out?

Gut Check: Monarch migration

Gettin' Fresh

The market is open!

Iron Chef America -- The Game!

The Morning Brew: Monday, 11/12

A Few Other Tidbits from Michael Ruhlman's Class

Michael Ruhlman at Viking, Borders and Gut Check

Michael Ruhlman at Viking Thursday

Go! 10/12-10/14

Chef vs. Chef

Lip-Lickin’ in the Lou

The Morning Brew: Monday, 9/10

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 9/6

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 9/5

Petrosexuals

The truth about fancy pets' cuddly liaisons, Grandmaster Y.K. Kim's top (tweaked) tips for the new year and a woman who's into the erotic side of Harry Potter.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of February 4, 2004

Gateway to the East

Wasabi has everything a sushi-lover could want, from artful presentations to the legendary fugu

I Summon the Iron Bartenders!

The masters of mixology flex their muscles

Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial