As
part of the Year-End Bonanza, here are some Christmas* gift ideas for
the foodie in your life. These are personal favorites, and these posts
in no way imply an official RFT endorsement. The makers of these products didn't pay for my "endorsement," either.The Alinea CookbookEven if I restrict the target demographic to hard-core foodies, the cookbook for Grant Achatz's celebrated Chicago restaurant Alinea isn't for everyone. If you judge a cookbook by its practical value -- how many good meal
An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's the only reason Gut Check is updated with any regularity -- but apparently we get it from sources other than coffee or specialty coffee drinks.Confused? Probably not if you're reaching for your Double
While Gut Check is on vacation, enjoy highlights from the past two years. Every few years I fail miserably to overcome my adolescent's addiction to Coca-Cola. I make it a few weeks or months -- but then, usually without thinking about it, I'm dropping fifty cents into the office soda machine or snagging a Coke from the little fridge at the grocery store's checkout line.(I should make clear here I'm talking about regular Coke. I can't handle Diet Coke. And all those flavored Cokes are an abominat
