Eating Is Believing

It's possible that those who overindulge could never love.  After all, you're too busy consuming to ever really appreciate the detail of what you're after.  This could be why I've never had a true love affair with food.  I cast my eyes on one sole product, and suddenly it becomes the only thing I desire.  It can be anything from cheese to a box of of Special K Chocolatey Delight cereal.  Never before did I truly appreciate the joy of a meal.  That is until I visited Harvest Monday night for a special five course dinner and wine tasting.  Food, as a general rule of thumb, is always good to me-I'm one of the least picky eaters I know.  So to be completely impressed with everything my fork hit, was something unfamiliar.  It made me realize just what an art the preparation and presentation of food really is.  Oh, what can happen when you open your palate.

Image Credits:  1.  Cannelle et Vanille  2.  Fork Spoon Knife  3.  From Me to You  4.  What Kate Ate

Succo Whutto?

When you're from St. Louis, it's often hard to offer up kind words to Missouri's second city.  Fortunately for the Show-Me state's north side, I have some lovely friends who reside there.  Not only is it always great fun to visit them, but they usually open my eyes to the city's more colorful side.   Ever the Sunday brunchers, we paid a first visit to Succotash.  I loved everything about the originality of this eatery, from deeming itself a "bruncheonette" to my crab, cream cheese, and fennel omelette meal that bore no chance of survival.  The only problem with it?  It found itself on the wrong side of the state.

Here to Cheers

Admit it, you do want to go there.  Where everyone knows your name.  Ever since Cheers aired (and for many of us, this means when Nick at Nite ran its reruns) we've all wanted that little nook to go and take the edge off at.  A place where camaraderie is plentiful, and you're allowed to make up your own order of cheese fries off the menu.

I've always loved old speakeasy sketches, such as the one Cheers used in their intro.

Well it may be possible that I have found just that.  After receiving a spur of the moment text, I cut my Target trip short, and headed up to Joey B's on the Hill for Monday night trivia with a small group of friends.  The night proved to be exactly what me and my other pals in the working world have been looking for.  A place to look forward visiting after the most dreaded day of the week, and be able to show up in your finest sweats.  Not to mention trivia is one of the few gaming events where I thrive in competition.  Though it should be noted our four-man team failed to come up with Mexico, one of the world's largest countries, as a Latin American nation.   So maybe you partake in a bucket, or maybe you just have a couple glasses of refreshing cola.  Do make sure you study a world map though.

Map prints available from Etsy.

"C" is for Cookie

Sometimes, no matter how much you've had to eat, that rumbly in your tumbly still comes around. It doesn't matter what you have, but that you get it immediately. Last night, after drinks (and for my three friends, dinner as well) at BARcelona, we headed over to J.P. Fields for a nightcap. After finally settling into our stools at the bar, a box was suddenly placed before us by our bartender. It was a box of Girl Scout cookies purchased by my friend Anna. Not just any Girl Scout cookies though. They were Tagalongs, which everyone knows is the most addicting of the confectionary line. It seemed either the bar or bartender, or a phantom scout was in the business of selling cookies to those desiring a midnight snack. Whoever it is can pat themselves on the back for being such an ingenue. The box of Tagalongs was consumed by four 23 year old girls in under five minutes flat. You ask "why?" We say, because those chocolate peanut butter patties were right in front of us.

Other Twilight Cravings to Swoon Over:

El Rancho chips, queso, and rice. Let me have a moment...

White Castle cheeseburgers. Rebels without a cause.

Stouffer's macaroni and cheese. Lick the cardboard good.