The Year in St. Louis Food Porn (So Far...)

A display of the brisket, baby back ribs, housemade jalapeno sausage, baked beans and potato salad. See more photos: Inside the Sugarfire Smoke House.

Falafel at Joyia Tapas at 4501 Manchester Avenue. See more photos: Inside Joyia Tapas in the Grove.

A "Pick-Your-Pie" - 12" with goat cheese, tomato, and basil from Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. See more photos: Inside Downtown's Flying Saucer Draught Emporium.

Lamb: Braised lamb shank pappardelle. See more photos: Inside Robust on Washington Avenue.

A classic duck Confit over parsnip potato puree with Bordeaux sauce. See more photos: Inside Bar Les Freres in Clayton.

Ribeye, presented with allium, hollandaise and Meyer lemon at Niche. See more photos: Inside Niche in Clayton.

How many of these could you eat in a row? Photographed at a professionally sanctioned fried taco eating contest at the 50th Bethalto Jaycees Country Fair in June. See more photos: Scenes From a Fried Taco Eating Contest.

The fifth-annual Off Broadway crawfish boil drew a packed house on May 25. See more photos: 225 Pounds of Crawfish Boiled at Off Broadway.

Just off the I-64 exit for Collinsville Road in Fairmont City, and just past a gentle curve in the road, you will see a very small brick building on the left with a few cars and heavy-duty pickups in the parking lot beside it. This is Mi Tierra Tienda y Taqueria. This is your stop. See more photos: Eating the Terrific Tacos at Mi Tierra in Fairmont City.

The Bacon Fest St. Louis went down on Saturday, March, 23 at Kiener Plaza, celebrating all things bacon, including a 500-pound "hog log" in a custom smoker. See more photos: Bacon Fest St. Louis.

Etouffee is a creole dish with peppers, onions, celery. Here, it's shown with crawfish, and served over a bed of rice. See more photos: Inside The Kitchen Sink near Forest Park.

"James Laurinaitis" maki is a combination of tuna, cucumber, avocado and soy paper, topped with seared salmon, spicy crab, eel sauce, spicy mayo and tobiko. See more photos: Inside Takaya New Asian.

Arancini with gorgonzola, steak, potato and roasted-tomato marinara. See more photos: Inside Pan D' Olive on McCausland.

Photographed at Ocha Thai & Japanese (12967 Olive Blvd.) on Olive & 270. See more photos: Inside Ocha Thai & Japanese.

Cutting the Skewer of Picanha, the house sirloin. See more photos: Inside Brazikat Brazilian Steak & Seafood House.

The "Donald" is a wood-fired pizza with wild mushrooms, duck egg and truffles. See more photos: Inside Basso at the Cheshire Inn.

El Jibarito, a fried plantain "sandwich" with pork belly, tomato-chipotle jam, avocado and pickled red onion. Read more: Gringo Offers Taco Options Like Al Pastor, Octopus and Grasshopper in the Central West End [Photos]

The pastrami sandwich features rye bread, pastrami, kickapoo cheese, mustard, onions and pickles. Read more: The Market at the Cheshire Invites You to Belly Up to the Deli

A "Double Chubbie Cheddar" comes stacked with two patties, cheddar and carmelized onions. Seen here with the addition of bacon and a side of crinkle fries. See more photos: Inside Chubbies in the Delmar Loop.

Photographed at Olio, Bruschetta with fresh ricotta, braised beet stems, pecorino sardo. See more photos: Inside Elaia and Olio in the Botanical Heights neighborhood.