Just about every longtime St. Louisan remembers the golden age of cafeterias. Miss Hulling’s, Pope’s, the Forum — these places fed the masses, and fed them well.

While the memories live on, not all of the recipes survived. One that did,…

I’ve been making these crab cakes as an affordable treat for my family. Yes, affordable, because I’ve been buying 1-pound cans of pasteurized crab sold at Trader Joe’s and warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s.

Don’t get me wrong –…

On Valentine’s Day, articles about chocolate must be almost as popular as red roses. You can find our story about a Columbia, Mo., man who is producing excellent dark chocolate by clicking on this link: www.STLtoday.com.

While researching the story,…

Philly has cheese steaks, Chicago has deep-dish pizza, San Diego has fish tacos.

St. Louis has gooey butter cake.

Just about every visiting food writer has asked me two questions: What is gooey butter cake? And where can I get…