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A Gut Check Oscar Party

The Academy Awards are on Sunday evening, and to celebrate, Gut Check has come up with some questionable delicious movie and food pairings. Some were simple and obvious (Life of Pi...pie...), while others were not as straightforward (Amour? Hmm...). But we're clever here at Gut Check, so we got you ... More >>

Missouri Botanical Garden Wants to Know What St. Louis Eats

We all photograph our food these days. Just look at Instagram -- half the images in your newsfeed are bound to depict someone's dinner. Our food choices are inconsequential -- yesterday's lunch means nothing today, lest you be struck down with food poisoning. But what do our food choices say about S ... More >>

Hey, Oreos, Don't Mess With AMC Theatres

Maybe it's just the early stages of this morning's RFT Best of St. Louis 2012 Hangover, but this Twitter spat cracked us up. First, the official Oreo Cookie account tweeted this: See Also: - "Gut Check Test Dunks the Dipr, 'The Ultimate Cookie Spoon'" - "Trying the Baskin Robbins Chocolate Oreo ... More >>

Gut Check Test Dunks the Dipr, "The Ultimate Cookie Spoon"

"Dunking cookies into a glass of milk with my fingers is hard work," says no one, ever. The aftermath of said dunking, however, is messier, and cleaning sticky, crumb-encrusted hands slows down the number of cookies we can shove down our gullet. Enter the Dipr, marketed as "the ultimate cookie spoon ... More >>

Gut Check's Ten Snacks to Pair With Democratic Convention Coverage

Last week, Gut Check offered up a list of ten snacks to pair with Republican National Convention coverage. Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. On Tuesday, September 4, the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina, prompting Gut Check to brainstorm another set of them ... More >>

Tidbits: Dog Town Opens, Selam Ethiopian Restaurant Closes

- North St. Louis County has a new hot-dog joint: Dog Town opened two weeks ago at 2182 North Highway 67 in Florissant. (The space was previously the second location of White Barn and, before that, a Rally's.)

ObamaCare Upheld? Gut Check's Chowing Down on Our Favorite Gut Busters

Gut Check rejoiced at this morning's news that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. ObamaCare. Of course, we already have health care, but we know that unemployment is only one terrible blog post away (this one, perhaps), and we suffer from a debilitating preexisting con ... More >>

Rose Lakey: Loony Dog Owner Gets $100 Fine for 911 Call About Sick Great Dane

There are normal dog owners. Then there are those really, really absurd dog owners. (Think canine sweaters and T-shirts like the one pictured here.) Rose Lakey of O'Fallon, Missouri, falls squarely into the latter category. Yesterday the 47-year-old Lakey pleaded guilty in municipal court to filing ... More >>

Poll Results: Thumbs Up for Oreo Mother's Milk Ad [NSFW]

Last week, Gut Check asked for your opinion on a controversial new South Korean print ad for Oreo cookies: The results (and the NSFW uncensored version of the ad, in case you still haven't seen it) after the jump:

South Korean Oreo Ad: Mother's Milk and Cookies [NSFW]

The ad agency Cheil Worldwide created this print ad for Oreo cookies in South Korea. It pretty much speaks for itself. You can view the uncensored version after the jump -- plus register your opinion in our poll!

Gut Check Jr. Samples IHOP's Scary Face Pancake

Yesterday Gut Check told you that IHOP restaurants will be giving away free Scary Face Pancakes for dinner tonight. Since the pancake is on the menu throughout October, last night Gut Check Jr. gave it a try. Scary doesn't even begin to describe it. Robin WheelerIHOP's Scary Face Pancake.​ ... More >>

Triple Double Oreos? We Make Our Own

NabiscoTriple Double Oreos hit the shelves this summer. ​ Oh my God! Oreo's introducing a giant, double-decker cookie that sort of looks like a chocolate Big Mac! News that Nabisco's introducing the Triple Double Oreo leaked last week. ABC calls it outrageous; Nabisco had the audacity to tak ... More >>

Dairy Queen Builds World's Biggest Ice Cream Cake

Dairy Queen CanadaCelebrating 10 tons of Dairy Queen ice cream cake with .... ice cream cake!​ Oh, Canada! You've created the world's largest ice cream cake! In honor of the Dairy Queen ice cream cake's thirtieth birthday, volunteers in Toronto built a 10.13-ton ice cream cake. It beats the ... More >>

Kurt Warner Has a Daughter Named "Chubby," He Tells STL Crowd

via www.stilettosports.comKurt Warner: Nice guy, but not exactly sensitive when it comes to body issues.​We spent an intriguing day yesterday at Scottrade Center Getting Motivated! with Laura Bush, Colin Powell and other assorted aging luminaries -- and believe us when we say we'll have far more a ... More >>

Dirt: An Earth Day Treat for Kids of All Ages

Kholood EidEarth Day calls for ... a supersweet snack made with packaged, processed ingredients!​ Earth Day is upon us -- meaning it's time to celebrate (and/or mourn) the earth's glory (and/or imminent destruction). While there may be plenty of Earth Day-related activities scheduled for the L ... More >>

Applebee's Gets Toddler Drunk: Six Kiddie Cocktails They Should Try

​An Applebee's in suburban Detroit accidentally gave a two-year-old a margarita in a sippy cup instead of the apple juice his mom ordered, a mistake that wasn't discovered until the kid's blood alcohol level was .10 -- beyond the legal limit for drivers. The kid was okay, after a trip to the d ... More >>

Marilyn Scull of Park Avenue Coffee and Ann & Allen Baking Company

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marilyn Scull of Ann and Allen Baking Company and Park Avenue Coffee. Part two will be published tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Scull, will be posted the following day. Robin Wheeler​Marilyn Scull isn't where she thought s ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, March 26-28, 2010

This weekend's cheap cost-effective distractions include free wine tasting, improv comedy, rap music from the Holy Land and an LGBTQ film festival, all for $10 or less.Cloud Nine at Webster University (Friday)Fans of provocative and innovative theater will find much to their liking in Caryl Churchil ... More >>

20 Unholy Recipes: Dishes So Awful We Had to Make Them

After about a year of perusing old-school cookbooks looking for weird recipes and spotting bizarre trends (hot dogs eggs, inside a Jell-O mold) from the '50s, food blogger Robin Wheeler compiled her twenty most stomach-turning concoctions. (Do not view this list before lunch. Jeez, or maybe after ... More >>

2009 in Review: January

​​When Gut Check learned that the Chocolate Oreo Milkshake at Baskin Robbins had been named the worst food in America, checking in at 2,600 calories and 263 grams of sugar...well, we just had to try it! The grim results and the rest of the month in review after the jump.

A Convenient Sweet Tooth: Sweet Scout Visits Convenience Stores

User "Jellyfish Juice," Wikimedia Commons​There's no rule that says good sweets can't be cheap. Anyone with a sweet tooth worth its weight in Hostess CupCakes and Hershey's Milk Chocolate can tell you that. Sometimes, cheap simplicity hits the spot better than ornate decadence. You might not know ... More >>

Throwback of the House: Fruitcake Slices, All the Fun of Fruitcake With None of the Booze

Robin Wheeler​I hate two things about Christmas food. I hate fruitcake, which doesn't make me unique, and I hate baking cookies, which makes me Satan.I'm married to a fruitcake fan. He raved for years about how his mother's fruitcake was different. It wasn't. Like most modern-day fruitcakes, it's ... More >>

Little Hills, Big Fun

The Best of Gut Check: Trying the Baskin Robbins Chocolate Oreo Milkshake

While Gut Check is on vacation, enjoy highlights from the past two years. Men's Health magazine has released its annual "Worst Foods" list. Scoring the top spot as the absolute worst food in the country? A large Chocolate Oreo Shake from Baskin Robbins. This bad boy has 2,600 calories, 135 grams of ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 3.14-3.20

Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.A new food blog for the digest this week: Mostly Soup, which, as its title suggests, is about mostly soup. Check it out.STL Bites: Bill is not impressed with Alice Waters' 60 Minutes interview.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly tempts us with Ore ... More >>

"Bacon Explosion" Taking Internet by Storm...

Wikimedia Commons...but who will make it for me?Yes, it's the Bacon Explosion, now officially more than just an Internet sensation thanks to an article in today's New York Times dining section.The Bacon Explosion is the creation of the Burnt Fingers BBQ team, as posted on their BBQ Addicts Web site. ... More >>

The Dish: The Baskin Robbins Chocolate Oreo Milkshake, the "Worst Food" in America

Men's Health magazine has released its annual "Worst Foods" list. Scoring the top spot as the absolute worst food in the country? A large Chocolate Oreo Shake from Baskin Robbins. This bad boy has 2,600 calories, 135 grams of fat (59 of which are saturated), 263 grams of sugar and 1,700 milligrams ... More >>

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In This Week's Issue

This Week's Issue

Domino's Pizza New Oreo Dessert Pizza

$3.99
Domino's Pizza
3930 Lindell Boulevard

BYO Parrot

Buy Me Some Peanuts and Geritol

Handi-Snacks Oreo Cookie Sticks 'n Creme

$1.89
Target
25 Brentwood Promenade Court, Brentwood

Meat the Family

Rose explains her beef with Ruth's Chris

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of July 6, 2005

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Where's the Two-Headed Calf?

The Missouri State Fair offers surreal glimpses of Americana plus lots of tasty things on sticks

Built for Comfort

Tim Mallett strikes again

Pepper Rally

If you like bar food, you'll love the Pepper

Film Openings

Week of May 29, 2002

Family Tradition

Corky's Restaurant lifts classic American comfort food to new heights

Best Candy

Crown Candy Kitchen

LINKS IN THE FOOD CHAIN

Call of the Wild