St. Louis Culinary Olympians win gold
Word from Erfurt, Germany that the American Culinary Foundation Youth Team — Mike Bush, Mike Palazzola, Kevin G. Taylor Jr., Wayne Sieve and J.T. Gelineau, all from the St. Louis area — has already captured a gold medal in the ongoing IKA International Culinary Art Competition, the Culinary Olympics. Team coach and Old Warson chef Aidan Murphy passed along the news that chef Chris Desens of The Racquet Club in Ladue has also won a gold. The overall World Champions will be named on Wednesday. <a



Joe Bonwich has been the restaurant critic for the Post-Dispatch since 2002 and has covered the local food scene for various publications for more than 25 years. He does his best to maintain his anonymity so that he isn't recognized in restaurants (which is why his picture looks like it does).