Image via Let the record show that we made it till Wednesday of this week before receiving word of yet another recall occasioned by the possible presence of foreign objects…
Really, who hasn’t played air guitar on a baguette? (Uh, y’all, why is mine the only hand raised here?) But a working musical instrument made out of actual food? That’s…
I can’t review Medium Raw, the new book from Anthony Bourdain. In part because I finished it only last night and am still forming an overall opinion. In part because…
Welcome to Fly in the Soup, a new feature in which Gut Check contributors rail against those culinary experiences that annoy us most. Image via This had better be…
Thanksgiving isn’t the ideal time to review a restaurant. For most of us, this week is a time to gather around the hearth — or, you know, the flat-screen —…
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…
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.…
Photo: Nick LucchesiOn the off chance you didn’t hear the news last night — or see the V-E Day-style headline in today’s Post-Dispatch — Anheuser-Busch has accepted InBev’s $52 billion…
Could I find a reasonably authentic Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? The task, inspired last summer by a reader, didn’t seem impossible. For all its many, messy virtues, a Philly…
Photo: Ian Froeb Photo: Ian Froeb While waiting for lunch at La Vallesana a few days ago, I noticed a meat on the taqueria’s menu that I’d never seen before:…
