The segment of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” featuring Guy Fieri’s visit to Highway 61 Roadhouse runs at 7:00 p.m. tonight (Saturday, April 20) and tomorrow (Sunday, April 21) at 2:00 p.m.

DDD is seen on the Food Network.

Here’s a photo of Highway 61 owner Bill Kunz with Guy Fieri.

After four quarterfinal Fiala Food Chef Wars dinners and two semifinal dinners, the two finalists emerged: executive chefs Matt Abeshouse of The Crossing and Adam Gnau of Acero.

On Wednesday, April 17, the sold-out final round dinner at The Crossing—a five-course affair—saw Adam Gnau (pictured below) crowned the winner. Adam’s Artichoke Crostini was voted the best dish of the evening.

The winner was chosen by the diners who rated each course on their scorecards. Diners did not know which chef prepared which dish.

The event also marked the 15th anniversary of The Crossing (in Clayton), which opened on April 15, 1998.

Spicy Shellfish Linguine. New menu item at 1111 Mississippi. Delicious.

Saturday’s show (3/30/13) was my last Food Talk STL show on 590. The radio show is officially going on HIATUS.

Will it return? Maybe. When and where would it return? No idea.

Our website foodtalkstl.com will remain active. And we’ll continue to post on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

There are four main reasons why now it the time to end this weekly show on 590:

• My brother passed away in January in Birmingham. Since then, I have spent a good deal of time in Alabama and will be spending more time there.
• My PR and marketing workload has increased, leaving less time to put together a show each week.
• Advertising revenues have been good, but not as good as projected.
• Our show might not have been the best fit within the KFNS program lineup.

My thanks to the many KFNS staffers who helped me and supported me during my 14 months on 590. I truly could not have done it without you. Best of luck to all!

I’d also like to thank our advertisers, our guests and, especially, our listeners who were part of Food Talk STL during the past 14 months.

Thanks for participating and thanks for listening!

—David Craig

Big thanks to Carl and Nancy McConnell for the tremendous hospitality extended to my wife and me this past week! Above is a rundown of food we were served.

We also were served a tasty mushroom crepe to kick things off. They change their menu every few weeks. A new menu goes into effect March 27.

Stone Soup Cottage is in Cottleville, in St. Charles County.

Guests are Evan Hiatt of Six Row Brewing Company, Maddie Earnest of Local Harvest Cafe and Grocery and attorney Kyler Humphrey of Pulsanelli law firm. Listen at 11:00 a.m. on 590-AM, KFNS!