Thanksgiving

A Salty Salute: St. Louis Does Guided by Voices

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The Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past

image via​Last Thanksgiving, Gut Check took a trip back in time to revisit the Thanksgivings of the good old days. Well, what we really wanted to revisit was the fabulous spread put on by the Park Avenue Hotel in New York, which started with oysters and continued through eleven courses, servin ... More >>

Try the Pumpkin Pie Crêpe at City Coffeehouse & Crêperie

We love pumpkins! We just want to carve 'em, roast their seeds and then bake the guts into all kinds of awesome. So, this autumn, we're on a quest for the tastiest local pumpkin goodies, before the fleeting flavor is gone. Do you have a favorite local seasonal pumpkin food? E-mail tips@riverfro ... More >>

Too Lazy To Cook? Where to Dine Out on Thanksgiving

​In preparation for Thanksgiving, that most food-centric of holidays, families have been storming area grocery stores and haggling over Butterball turkeys. But as the big day approaches, some may decide to run far, far away from the kitchen when faced with the imminent arrival of a dozen relatives ... More >>

Where to Shop for Last-Minute Groceries on Thanksgiving

​It's almost certainly happened to you -- likely more than once.You've begun your preparations for Thanksgiving dinner, your relatives are inbound, and you suddenly realize that you're out of milk or butter or, God help you, turkey.OK, we're not sure anyone can help you find a (not-frozen) turkey ... More >>

St. Louis Does Guided by Voices: A Salty Salute

​On Thanksgiving evening, after all of the turkey, pie and Pepto-Bismol, a group of local musicians will gather at Off Broadway to pay tribute to one of the most influential rock bands of the past two decades: Guided by Voices. The show will feature Bunnygrunt, Karate Bikini, Popular Mechanics ... More >>

The Five Worst Stuffing Recipes

WARNING: This post contains the words "Paula Deen" and "lumpy corn dog." ​While shopping malls and radio stations are already gearing up for Christmas, we at Gut Check are patiently awaiting the beloved return of Thanksgiving. Gorging on Halloween candy was a good warm-up for the the inevitable st ... More >>

A Rant Against Pumpkin

Image via​To celebrate Thanksgiving, Gut Check has been running a series of posts celebrating our pumpkin-flavored treats. To which I say: Bah, humbug.The primary function of a pumpkin should be decoration, either as a Halloween jack-o'-lantern or as the centerpiece of a gourd-centric autumnal ... More >>

Try the Pumpkin Truffles from Kakao

We love pumpkins! We just want to carve 'em, roast their seeds and then bake the guts into all kinds of awesome. So, this autumn, we're on a quest for the tastiest local pumpkin goodies, before the fleeting flavor is gone. Do you have a favorite local seasonal pumpkin food? E-mail tips@riverfronttim ... More >>

A Veteran's Day Look at Military Chow

Wikimedia CommonsA Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.​Talk to any veteran, and there's a good chance you'll hear about military food, from mess halls to MREs, food drops and sharing with the needy, and of course the local eats from the far-flung places where they've served. E ... More >>

Try the Great Pumpkin at Ted Drewes

We love pumpkins! We just want to carve 'em, roast their seeds and then bake the guts into all kinds of awesome. So, this autumn, we're on a quest for the tastiest local pumpkin goodies, before the fleeting flavor is gone. Do you have a favorite local seasonal pumpkin food? E-mail tips@riverfronttim ... More >>

Cleanup on the Bulk Aisle: Somebody overindulged at winter's theater buffet

St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 11.22-11.28

​Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. Rhubarb and Honey: Kimberly posted a Thanksgiving recipe recap. One Hot Stove: Nupur live-blogged Thanksgiving Day, and shared a recipe for Chocolate Espresso Pecan Pie . Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly posted a list of ... More >>

This Thanksgiving TurBacon Meal Was More Epic Than Yours

Good morning! Still stuffed from your Thanksgiving feast? We guarantee you aren't as stuffed as these folks, who ate a pig stuffed with turkey stuffed with...well, just watch the video. (There is some NSFW language bleeped out.)

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Image via​This week, Gut Check was all caught up in Thanksgiving preparations -- a holiday that's here and gone way too soon. But if a day of Black Friday shopping has left you not-quite ready to turn the page to December, relive the turkey day magic with a look at Thanksgivings past and a video h ... More >>

Gut Check Conjures the Ghosts of Thanksgivings (Far) Past

On November 29, 1900, the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City hosted a Thanksgiving dinner. While Good Housekeeping advised the masses to stick to roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, tomato soup and pumpkin and mince pies, the menu for the super-rich was quite different. ​

The Best Thanksgiving Convenience Foods, Onion-Cooking Methods, and Booze

Did you wait until the last minute to start Thanksgiving prep? Or are you just lazy? Slashfood has recommendations for the best frozen pumpkin and apple pies and the best instant stuffing.If you're making the meal by hand, our sister paper, the Houston Press, tests methods to prevent onion tears. No ... More >>

Deep-Fried Turkey: A Video Treasury of Fiery Disasters for Thanksgiving

Boiling oil. A giant, cold turkey. A rudimentary -- if that -- understanding of chemistry. What could possibly go wrong? Yes, deep-fried turkey is a distinctly American disaster waiting to happen. To celebrate Thanksgiving, we here at Gut Check International Headquarters present a video treasury of ... More >>

Thanksgiving Pro Tip: Get Sexy to Get Safe

image via​While the Red Cross doesn't usually inspire many sexy ensembles, the safety tips the nonprofit is pushing for Thanksgiving kitchens may heat things up a bit around the dining table. The Red Cross is urging home cooks to wear tight clothes in the kitchen to prevent another hot thing: ... More >>

Advice for Novice Cooks on Avoiding Thanksgiving Food Poisoning

If you're serving Thanksgiving dinner to loved ones this week, the Los Angeles Times offers a handy guide on how to not kill them with food poisoning. Beware the once-a-year cook and the bacteria-ridden leftovers. Not washing the veggies with bleach is also recommended.Feeding some not-so-loved ones ... More >>

How Mark Twain Nearly Became the Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving

steamboattimes.com​On November 30, 1905, Mark Twain turned 70. That blessed occasion was marked by interviews with fawning reporters, equally fawning newspaper articles and plans for an elaborate birthday dinner at Delmonico's, then the fanciest restaurant in New York City. Unfortunately, Nov ... More >>

Thanksgiving Dinner for Two? Five Alternatives to Turkey

Image viaTurkey for two is too much turkey.​Thanksgiving. Dad trying to carve the turkey while keeping an eye on the football game. Mom self-medicating by dosing the gravy with gin. Uncle Stu showing a little too keen an interest in what a fine young woman little Sally is turning into. And your de ... More >>

Heart Attack Grill Gives Free Bypass Burgers to Obese Customers

Fat? Eat for free! The aptly-named Heart Attack Grill in Arizona is giving free food to people who weigh over 350 pounds. The New York Daily News reports that the medically-themed restaurant features burgers named after heart surgeries, waitresses in sexy nurse uniforms, no diet soda, and fries cook ... More >>

Bring on the Sad Meals - San Francisco Outlaws Fast Food Toy Giveaways

Sorry kids, but San Francisco has outlawed fast-food toy giveaways. Reuters reports that the city's Board of Supervisors passed the law on Tuesday, making them the first U.S. city to pass a law - not just an ordinance - banning the toys. Toy giveaways stop on December 1. NPR visits with Lisa Johan ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 11.21-12.4

Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly celebrated Thanksgiving with creamed leeks and a proposal. She shared lots of Thanksgiving favorites, contest ideas of Menu for Hope and her future great-great grandmother-in-law's spinach recipe.Cupcake Projec ... More >>

Happy "Cloggiest Day of the Year" From Roto-Rooter

​Most American's know the day after Thanksgiving as "Black Friday". But did you know that today is also "The Cloggiest Day of the Year" for the nation's plumbers and sewage technicians? It's true. Don't believe us, check out the press release after the jump. 

Happy Thanksgiving from Gut Check

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Gut Check International Headquarters to you and yours. We'll return to our regularly scheduled programming Monday morning.Remember -- especially those of you deep-frying your turkeys today -- kitchen safety is no accident.

Todd Akin's Thanksgiving Letter, a.k.a. More on Pilgrims and Socialism

Yesterday Daily RFT posted a YouTube clip of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-St. Louis County) explaining to his fellow congressmen the story of Thanksgiving and how the pilgrims defeated socialism. akin.org​Today we bring you Akin's Thanksgiving Day letter to contributors and constituents with more o ... More >>

Fry Me to the Moon: Go to Young's in Valley Park for the fried chicken. Stay for the burgers and the ice cream.

Rockin’ ‘Round the Shop

Remember How the Pilgrim's Rejected Socialism? Rep. Todd Akin Sure Does!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Don't know anything about this holiday? Dont' worry! Congressman Todd Akin (R-St.Louis County) has been studying the origins of Thanksgiving and it's "unbiblical" cousin, socialism, and can explain it all -- as he did last week in Washington D.C. Note: Most YouTube videos l ... More >>

Ten Situations to Avoid This Thanksgiving

If you're not going home for Thanksgiving tomorrow, you have a lot to be thankful for. Go find that perfect holiday dive bar and count your blessings. For the rest of you: Thanksgiving can be an extremely uncomfortable time spent with family and old friends. Here, in no specific order, are ten of th ... More >>

Video: The Muppets do Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

This lighthearted ditty made the rounds yesterday, but on this holiday-weekend eve, it's worth posting. In honor of Freddie Mercury's 1991 death, this video surfaced on YouTube of the Muppets singing along to "Bohemian Rhapsody." Awww. Amazing. View it below. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

A Thanksgiving Prayer Your In-Laws Will Never Forget

So you're sitting around a cornucopia of Thanksgiving delight: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sides, salads, and three pies your mother-in-law bought at Sam's Club and put in metal dishes so they look homemade. It's a smorgasbord and your arteries are hardening just thinking about it.Everyone is ... More >>

Contest! Win Grand Buffet Tickets and the Haunted Fucking Gazebo EP

Who says there's nothing to do on Thanksgiving night? Not the Firebird, which is hosting a triple bill featuring Pittsburgh hip-hop duo Grand Buffet, and local punk bands Celery and the Humanoids. To celebrate, we have two prize packs to give away. Each one contains a copy of the Haunted Fucking Ga ... More >>

15 Musts for a Perfect Dive Bar Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving Day, the bars will be open. Maybe not the dance clubs, "ultra lounges" or country club-type places, but most every corner bar will be open, and we've all been in one of those. But maybe not on Thanksgiving. However, if you've ever found yourself driving or walking by one on Turkey Da ... More >>

Farmers' Market Share: Real Maple Syrup and Cranberry Sauce

Alissa Nelson​My life philosophy? Always use real maple syrup.Huh?What I mean is this: Don't put artificial, industrial food products into your body. Rather, eat real food whenever possible. It will taste better, and you will feel better. It builds community and supports small businesses.

The Noble Writ: The Truth About Wine and Thanksgiving

​Thanksgiving increases interest in food and wine pairings. Since I have fun experimenting with combinations of wine and food, I generally enjoy the conversations I have with friends and family looking to step out and try something different.However, a significant number of conversations I have a ... More >>

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