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Saturday, January 12

Mary Ostafi, founding director and board chair of Urban Harvest STL, will talk about the Food Roof on the north side of downtown St. Louis.

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Chef Gerard Craft will talk about his many endeavors, including his participation in Magnificent Missouri, an organization that raises funds for conservation and environmental efforts in Missouri.

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Also, we’ll chat with Mark Winfield of Jim Edmonds’ Steakhouse about their Golf Social on Saturday, January 26.

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Listen to Food Talk STL Saturday at 11:00 a.m. on 590-AM, KFNS. (Listen online at kfns.com.)

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Food Trend Predictions for 2013

As shared on our 1/5/12 Food Talk STL show:

  1. The line between brilliant creativity and goofy gimmickry will become blurrier.
  2. Bacon will show up in more unexpected places. (Bacon in your alfredo sauce? Bacon bits on your apple pie? Bacon wrapped carrots?)
  3. Portion sizes will decrease slightly, leaving more room for beverages & desserts.
  4. Chefs will feature more main dishes starring fresh veggies because they look good and because vegetables are cheaper than protein foods.
  5. More restaurants will add burgers to their lunch menus. (Pasta House has a burger on its lunch menu. Would Breadco add a burger?)
  6. Food truck operators will get tons more private catering gigs. Because they have different food items and the trucks add color and charm.
  7. Some of those favorite local food truck menu items will show up at Busch Stadium concession stands. (Maybe in the Redbird Club?)
  8. Younger St. Louis palates will embrace noticeably spicier dishes that their parents could never handle.
  9. Like bacon, fried eggs will show up in unexpected places. (On top of your tuna sandwich? On top of lasagna? On top of your grilled salmon?)
  10. Salted caramel desserts will replace or accompany some of the old standbys.

We’ve seen some of these things happen already, to be sure. But we may notice them more prominently in 2013. But, then again, I could be wrong.

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 Let’s do lunch!

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Restaurant Impossible; Soul Food Junkies

The Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible visited Meglio’s restaurant in Bridgeton for a segment that originally ran in February, 2011. Here is the entire show:

On Saturday, we’ll talk to owner John Meglio about the impact the show has had on his restaurant. We’ll also talk about his original Luigi’s pizza which lives on at Meglio’s.

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Also Saturday, we’ll talk to Byron Hurt about his new film Soul Food Junkies, which will be screened on Wednesday, January 16, 7:00 p.m. at Missouri History Museum in Lee Auditorium. There is no charge to attend. Soul Food Junkies is scheduled to air on KETC Nine Network’s Nine World channel (channel 84 on Charter for most of metro STL) on Wednesday, January 16 at 8:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and midnight.

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The film is targeted to African-American audiences, but has a message for anybody who eats soul food, no matter your race. Below is a clip from the show:

Join us for Food Talk STL Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to noon, on 590-AM, KFNS and online at kfns.com.

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Big Show Saturday!

Listen Saturday (December 22) at 11:00 a.m. on 590-AM, the Fan, KFNS.

Evan Benn of the Post-Dispatch and stltoday.com will mention some favorite food and beers of 2012.

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And a couple of restaurant guys will chat with us:

Skip Steele of the nearly two years old Bogart’s Smokehouse in Soulard.

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And Steve Gontram of the new 5 Star Burgers in Clayton.

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December 15 show

Today we talk to Bill Kunz of Highway 61 Roadhouse about his shot on TV’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” show.

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Also, George Mahe from St. Louis magazine will mention what rocked the STL food world in 2012. And Vicki Davenport, executive chef at Le Cordon Bleu School of Cooking, will chat about what they do at the school in St. Peters.

Listen at 11:00 a.m. on 590-AM, the Fan, KFNS.

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Saturday at the Old Courthouse

Food historian Suzanne Corbett will be in period costume (see photo) on Saturday (12/15) at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, doing food demonstrations. This week, it’s Christmas 1820 with vintage recipes for plum pudding and gingerbread.

Suzanne Corbett

Her demonstrations are part of the historic holiday celebrations sponsored by the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial/National Parks Service.

Click on the “recipes” tab at the top of this page for Suzanne’s recipe for Pecan Pralines, a St Louis French colonial favorite made by early St. Louis cooks who used wild pecans from the thick groves that once grew along the riverfront, which replaced the almonds in the original French recipe.