Email AuthorCrystal Rolfe
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EarthDance Farms: A Model of Sustainability in Ferguson [PHOTOS]
May 22, 2013 in Gut Check
EarthDance Farms has its roots in a fifteen-year-old girl's first encounter with organic agriculture. Hoping to cultivate his daughter's love for fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, Molly Rockamann's dad took...
I Scream Cakes Is Ready for Its Close-Up [PHOTOS]
May 14, 2013 in Gut Check
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Tower Grove Farmers' Market: Scenes from Opening Day
Farmers' Markets & Grocery Stores
May 06, 2013 in Gut Check
It was a damp and chilly opening day for the eighth season of the Tower Grove Farmers' Market (Main Drive & Center Cross Drive, west of the wading pool; 314-771-4410...
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Sump Coffee in South City: Warning -- These Photos May Contain Caffeine!
May 01, 2013 in Gut Check
Since Sump Coffee (3700 South Jefferson Avenue; 917-412-5670) opened its doors to the public in December 2011, owner/coffee baron Scott Carey has been bringing a "Third Wave" coffee experience to...
Midwest Pasta Company on Cherokee Street: Fresh-Made Noodles in Pixels
April 24, 2013 in Gut Check
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Songkran Festival 2013: Thai New Year Celebration in Photos
April 16, 2013 in Gut Check
Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year, was celebrated this past weekend at Wat Phrasriratanaram (890 Lindsay Lane, Florissant; 314-839-3115). The only Buddist temple in the St. Louis area, Wat Phrasriratanaram is...
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Food Photo Essay: Finned, Scaled, Shelled at Bob's Seafood
April 09, 2013 in Gut Check
Bob and Barb Mepham have been selling fresh fish in University City for more than three decades, first in the Market in the Loop, from the back of a pickup...
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Food Photo Essay: Kakao Chocolate Revs Up for Easter
March 26, 2013 in Gut Check
Getting ready for Easter? Fortunately for St. Louisans, Kakao Chocolate is, too. Yep, Brian Pelletier and his team are busy making chocolate bunnies and marshmallow snow birds at the chocolatier's two...
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Food Photo Essay: Gooey Butter Cakes & More from Ann & Allen Baking Company
March 19, 2013 in Gut Check
In 2010 Marilyn Schotte and her brother Dale, co-owners of Park Avenue Coffee in Lafayette Square, spun off a company to handle demand for one of its most popular offerings:...
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Food Photo Essay: 2013 Stout and Oyster Festival at the Schlafly Tap Room
March 11, 2013 in Gut Check
On Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, the Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust Street; 314-241-2337) celebrated its annual Stout and Oyster Festival, flying in 30,000 live oysters from both coasts, along...
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Food Photo Essay: The Block Restaurant Butcher and Bar in the Central West End
March 06, 2013 in Gut Check
Editor's note: Sometimes food renders Gut Check speechless. That's why God invented the DSLR. In our continuing effort to cause your mouth to water onto your keyboard, we bring you...
