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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

Iron Stef is making tofu...tushies.

Show Me Vegan discusses the classic gin martini.

At STL Bites, Bill discusses how others react to his eating offal.

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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

The Cheesemonger's Wife reports on the opening night at the Shaved Duck.

At STL Hops, Mike visits Three Floyds Brewery in Indiana for Dark Lord Day.

The Cupcake Project is all about ice cream cupcakes this week.

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With apologies to Jeanette, Gut Check's resident Gordon Ramsay fan, I had to share this:

Slate has a review of Ramsay's new family-friendly cookbook, Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food. Writer Laura Shapiro eviscerates the book, calling b.s. on the notion that Ramsay cooks these meals for his own family and that while this isn't a cookbook you'd normally call "food porn", Americans, at least, will probably buy it without any intention of making its recipes. Shapiro then criticizes the entire genre of "quick" cookbooks -- 30-Minute Meals, 10-Minute Meals, etc.

After the jump, an excerpt and an additional thought on the matter.

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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

At One Hot Stove, Nupur is cooking up dhokaar dallnaa.

Iron Stef previews the new offerings from the culinary tricksters who gave us the Krispy Kreme burger -- the Gateway Grizzlies.

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My colleague Aimee Levitt passed along this apparently authentic recipe for trout cooked in 300 lbs. of horse manure. Photographic evidence after the jump.

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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

Show Me Vegan explores what St. Louis has to offer in terms of vegan-friendly restaurants.

Planning on attending Schlafly's Repeal of Prohibition Festival tomorrow? Mike has a list of the available beers at STL Hops.

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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

Several St. Louis food bloggers had a potluck dinner last weekend. Iron Stef has a report.

The Cheesemonger's Wife is awfully excited about Gerard Craft's big news.

Bill has a message for Whole Foods at STL Bites.

Asparagus noodles are being served up at A Veggie Venture.

Miss Food Snob offers a recipe for tarte au citron.

At STL Hops, Mike wonders if you'd be up for a beer tour of St. Louis.

The Pollacks share their opinion of Off the Vine.

The Cupcake Project continues its apparent quest to drive me insane with hunger: Lavender-pear cupcakes.

Orzo with roasted vegetables is on the menu at Show Me Vegan.

At FamilyStyle Food, Karen and her children take on buttercream.

At Sounding My Barbaric Gulp, Kelly has a recipe for Tyler's ultimate mac & cheese.

Do you know a St. Louis food blog we should read? Do you write one yourself? Drop us a line.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what’s happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs…

At One Hot Stove, Nupur is baking pear-almond loaf.

The Pollacks file a review on Revival.

What's the problem with this year's contestants on Top Chef? Bill ponders the question at STL Bites. (Don't click if you haven't seen the most recent episode!)

What makes Jack's Sandwich of Awesome so awesome? Let Iron Stef explain.

Caramel-topped flan is on the menu at Sounding My Barbaric Gulp.

At FamilyStyle Food, Karen is making classic Italian meatballs.

The Cupcake Project is trying to drive me crazy by serving key lime pie cupackes.

Bruno's Dream pairs butternut squash in sage brown butter with chicken roulades.

The Cheesemonger's Wife is really excited by the latest effort from the Scottish Arms folks, the Shaved Duck.

Mike has made another beer list, this time with a local focus, at STL Hops.

At Zinur, Natalia has a recipe for orangettes.

Alanna's A Veggie Venture offers a recipe for stuffed artichokes.

Alanna is also the ambassador of St. Louis food blogs, and she passed along two new blogs this week: Miss Food Snob and Show Me Vegan. Go say hello!

Do you know a St. Louis food blog we should read? Do you write one yourself? Drop us a line.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

The Cheesemonger's Wife advocates for a state dessert -- for Maryland.

Iron Stef honors St. Patrick's Day by making her own corned beef.

The Pollacks have dinner -- and a bit of a problem -- at Athena's.

The Cupcake Project takes a break from cupcakes to advocate quinoa for breakfast.

Meanwhile, at A Veggie Venture, Alanna takes on carrot-cake cupcakes.

At One Hot Stove, Nupur is also interested in quinoa and other whole-grain breakfasts.

At STL Bites, Bill writes a letter to restaurateurs about their beer selection.

Mike does him one better at STL Hops and helps a new restaurant devise its beer menu.

At FamilyStyle Food, Karen is mixing up a batch of tangerine-tinis.

Mac & cheese is on the menu at Sounding My Barbaric Gulp.

Mandy is baking banana cake with caramel-espresso frosting at Fresh from the Oven.

Do you know a St. Louis food blog we should read? Do you write one yourself? Drop us a line.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

At STL Hops, Mike has a plan to fix the beer list at your restaurant.

An apple pie confession from Kelly at Sounding My Barbaric Gulp.

At One Hot Stove, Nupur is serving up both idlis and dosas.

A salad in just ten seconds? Karen has the recipe at FamilyStyle Food.

The Cheesemonger's Wife wonders just how much any single chef can do for the diner.

At STL Bites, Bill wants to know if you would buy a dinner reservation.

A farm pie with a whole wheat and lard crust is one the menu at A Veggie Venture.

Chicken and waffles? Yes, please. Iron Stef is the lucky one.

The Cupcake Project is serving up miniature pumpkin pies.

The Pollacks visit that Central West End insitution, Bar Italia.

Do you know a St. Louis food blog we should read? Do you write one yourself? Drop us a line.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

Karen has a recipe for quinoa salad with smoky lime dressing at FamilyStyle Food.

At A Veggie Venture, Alanna is cooking up bok choy salad.

Mandy has Chinese beef stew with daikon -- and a new design -- at Fresh from the Oven.

If you thought the Cupcake Project had gone overboard with the beer-cheese cupcakes, check out this week's invention. (I don't want to ruin the surprise.)

The Pollacks pay a visit to one of the hottest restaurants in town, Katie's Pizzeria Café.

Bill also has a brief review of Katie's -- and a plea -- at STL Bites.

This week's food porn award goes to Iron Stef for her photographs of pancetta cups with eggs and hollandaise.

Mike reports on the imperial beer tasting at Whole Foods on STL Hops.

The Cheesemonger's Wife is getting ready to go to market.

At Sounding My Barbaric Gulp, Kelly tries her hand at a bernaise sauce.

That's all for this week. Sorry this blog was rather quiet this week -- I had some other stuff to take care of here at Gut Check World Headquarters.

Next week: The only person who might have eaten more burgers than I have over the past week is this guy:

But I doubt it.

Have a great weekend. Eat something good.

-Ian Froeb

From a site called Not Martha, via the Stranger's blog, I give you the salad bowl made out of bacon:

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-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

My review not enough for you? Mike shares on Tigín's beer menu at STL Hops.

The Cheesemonger's Wife has the skinny on some very expensive pork.

The Cupcake Project promises cupcakes that are better than sex.

At STL Bites, Bill wonders what the worst thing you've ever eaten is -- and then opens the forum to your answers.

The Pollacks visit the new Thai restaurant Land of Smile.

At Sounding My Barbaric Gulp, Kelly overcomes her hatred of beef stroganoff.

French bread is Mandy's challenge at Fresh from the Oven.

Karen wants your help organizing her spice cabinet at FamilyStyle Food.

Iron Stef improvises on Nigella's recipe for chicken cacciatore.

Nupur dishes up burji, an Indian egg dish, at One Hot Stove.

Alanna has carrot dip on the menu at A Veggie Venture.

Bruno's Dream is baking biscotti.

That's all for this week. Next week: Mexican food like Mom used to make. If my mom were Mexican. Which she's not.

Have a great weekend. Enjoy the weather. Eat something good.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

At One Hot Stove, Nupur is cooking butternut squash erissery.

The Pollacks visit the new Mexican restaurant Agave.

Karen is making gingerbread pancakes at FamilyStyle Food.

Iron Stef makes her own...chelada?

Mike shows off some recently delivered beer at STL Hops.

Another week, another tomato soup recipe -- this time from Alanna at A Veggie Venture.

The Cheesemonger's Wife talks about her trip to Phoenix, Arizona.

At STL Bites, Bill takes one for the team and samples Niche's new tasting menu.

Saffron cupcakes -- yes, you read that right -- at the Cupcake Project.

Even more cupcakes at Sounding My Barbaric Gulp, in this case mango cupcakes laced with vodka.

At Fresh From the Oven, Mandy enjoys the simple pleasure of vanilla shortbread.

Forgive me if I missed your blog this week: The list is long, my computer is slow and my patience is short.

That's all for this week. Next week, the luck of the Irish -- reconsidered.

Have a great weekend. Eat something good. If you hear a loud crunch in the next few minutes, that's me tossing my PC from my office window.

-Ian Froeb

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A look at what's happening at some of our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

Sausages and lentils are on the menu at Sounding My Barbaric Gulp.

At ZiNur, Natalia has a recipe for chimichurri sauce.

At A Veggie Venture, Alanna is making stir-fried brown rice.

The Cupcake Project takes on the challenge of chocolate-doughnut cupcakes.

At STL Hops, Mike checks out Newstead Tower Public House.

At STL Bites, Bill considers -- and cooks with -- Benne's Best Meat.

There's not much better than tomato soup. Nupur has a recipe at One Hot Stove.

The Pollacks visit the Clayton Italian restaurant I Fratellini.

Iron Stef is making mushroom soup and gougeres.

All right. That's it for this week. Next week: I go bananas. Or, rather, more so than usual.

Have a great weekend. Eat something good.

-Ian Froeb