Morocco

Opportunity Awaits

More Than a Mouthful: Joyia Tapas has a lot to offer

Slideshow: Inside Joyia Tapas in the Grove

Best in Shaw: Botanical Heights hits the jackpot with chef Ben Poremba's far-from-identical twins Elaia and Olio

Slideshow: Photos from Inside Elaia and Olio

12 Best Delmar Loop Restaurants To Visit During This Weekend's Loop Ice Carnival

Always a fan of DC Comics, Gut Check often imagines with glee what the aftermath of a visit from Mr. Freeze would look like. Fortunately for us this week's eighth annual Delmar Loop Ice Carnival on Saturday, January 19, should paint a pretty reliable picture. Yep, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. this fa ... More >>

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

There Is No Clash of Cultures: Marjane Satrapi on how all stories are autobiography

Chef's Choice: Matthew Daughaday of Taste, Part 2

This is part two of Holly Fann's Chef's Choice profile of Matthew Daughaday of Taste. Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Daughaday, will be published tomorrow. Chef Matthew Daughaday of Taste (4584 Laclede Avenue; 314-361-1200) talks to Gut Check about food, family, Gerard Craft ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 9.03-9.10

Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. A Veggie Venture: Alanna made a Swiss chard skillet. Sweet Art: Amrita shared fig and honey mascarpone cake. Rhubarb and Honey: Kimberly made pesto caprese stacks. The Sweets Life: Natalie shared tomato bacon basil pizza rolls.

First Look: Nico

A brand-new restaurant has joined the Delmar Loop's league of lunch and dinner destinations just in time for this year's early spring, readily equipped with an outdoor patio, plenty of elegant indoor seating and a fully stocked bar. Nico (6525 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-0200), the yo ... More >>

Nico Opens Friday, February 24, in Delmar Loop

Ian Froeb​Nico, the highly anticipated "younger brother" to Soulard's Franco, will open this Friday evening, February 24, at 6525 Delmar Boulevard in University City. (This, of course, was the longtime home of Brandt's.)

In the Kitchen with Mike Warhover of Baileys' Range

This is part one of Mabel Suen's Chef's Choice profile of Mike Warhover of Baileys' Range. Part two, a Q&A, will be published tomorrow, and part three, a recipe from Warhover, will be available on Thursday. ​Mike Warhover has firmly grounded St. Louis roots, and his humble experience as a lin ... More >>

Oops!...He Did It Again: RFT's insatiable food scribe chowed his way through another year — what a pig!

Top Ten Dishes 2011 #1: Pork Ribs at Salume Beddu

I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. Look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on Wednesday, December 28.Jennifer SilverbergFrom left to right are Cary Exler and Salume Beddu co-owners Ben Poremba and Mark Sanfilippo.​An occasional special ... 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 >>

Try Franco's Moroccan Vegetable Stew

Bryan PetersGet it while the gettin's good.​Featured on its fall menu, Franco's (1535 South Eighth Street; 314-436-2500) Moroccan vegetable stew is a dish that so embodies the season's bounty, it tastes like a holiday homecoming.

Elie Harir of The Mediterranean Grill, Part 2

This is part two of Emily Wasserman's Chef's Choice profile of chef Elie Harir of The Mediterranean Grill. Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Harir, will be published tomorrow. Kelly Hogan​Did your family cook together when you were a child? Yes, I would help my mother in t ... More >>

Imperial Barroom: Three Kings Public House deals the Delmar Loop a solid hand

Of Montreal

8 p.m. Monday, July 4. The Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

The Seven Deadliest Music Festivals

wikimedia commons​It has been a particularly grim summer already in music festival fatalities, with one death over the weekend at Electric Daisy and two more at Bonnaroo a couple weeks ago. But this is hardly a new phenomenon: The combination of crushing crowds, heat and mind-altering substanc ... More >>

Grand Salami: Salume Beddu now serves lunch!

Chef Shuffle at Bistro 1130: Marc Felix Gone Before It Opened

Ian Froeb​Eric Miranne, the owner of Bistro 1130, which opened in September at 1130 Town & Country Crossing Drive, got in touch with me this week to clear up a misunderstanding. In the build-up to Bistro 1130's opening, this blog and most other St. Louis food publications focused on the fact t ... More >>

Uniquely Jewish

Sex and the City struggles to stay forever young

Khalid Ouazzani: Missouri Man Admits Funneling Money to Al Qaeda

Khalid Ouazzani​An auto-parts dealer from Kansas City yesterday pleaded guilty to sending $23,000 to the terrorist group, al Qaeda. Khalid Ouazzani, a 32-year-old Moroccan immigrant, sold his Truman Used Auto Parts in August 2007 and donated $6,500 from the proceeds to al Qaeda. Months earlier -- ... More >>

Downtown's Rooftop "Supper Club" Re-Starts Now That Spring Has Sprung

Roaming Revelry"Lolli-cobs" with chili-honey butter, served at a supper club last year. ​Monday night is generally to restaurant people what Sunday night is to 9-to-5ers: a time to relax and recharge for the week ahead. So why would two young St. Louis cooks choose Monday -- their night off -- to ... More >>

Chef's Choice: Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias; stay tuned for parts two and three. Robin Wheeler​"I was the world's pickiest eater as a child," says Marc Baltes, a Culinary Institute of America grad who now works as executive chef for Pi Pizzeria ... More >>

Tenticular Fortitude: Ian counts down the top 10 dishes of '09 (hint: he loves him some octopus!)

The Top Ten Dishes of 2009 #1: Octopus at Taste by Niche

​ Each serving -- each bite -- was a revelation. I didn't know octopus could be this delicious, or this tender. The tentacles are roasted with onion and olive oil before service. They shrink considerably and take on a texture closer to buttery scallops than their own chewy nature. They are served ... More >>

Accounting for Taste: Niche gets a new next-door neighbor — think of it as mini-Niche

Lamb So Good You'll Plotz

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules: Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Featured Review: Claudio Bravo: A Bestiary

Sundance 2008's buzz is barely audible.

But Sugar is sweet and Traces of the Trade leaves its mark.

Fake It

Film Openings

Week of March 8, 2007

Communication Breakdown

Storytelling gimmicks can't save vapid, globally-conscious puzzle-film

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Tarter Sauce

Limoncello is a sweet addition to the Clayton dining scene

Weird War

Illuminated by the Light (Drag City)

Travelers' Tales

A soda called Pipi Bubble, Austria's last wandering shepherd, a boat made of 164,321 wine corks: It's all here

War: What Is It Good For?

In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

Film Openings

Week of August 27, 2003

Fry Guys

Plus: charter control; the opera comes to town; and so does the wrecking ball

Series/Festivals

Week of April 30, 2003

So Over the Hill

Bella Città isn't your parents' idea of an Italian restaurant, but, chances are, they'll love it too

Calendar Girl

A Moment's Notice!