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Chili Festival Saturday!

This Saturday, October 20, Food Talk STL will broadcast from the Soulard Chili Festival at 1731 South Broadway, right across from Soulard Market. For more information and to purchase tickets to the event, click HERE.

Saturday’s guests on the show include Lisa Lillien from the Food Network’s “Hungry Girl.” She will discuss her new “Hungry Girl to the Max” cookbook and her upcoming appearance at Dierberg’s in Des Peres on 11/1/12. We will give away copies of Lisa’s book—listen for the signal to call.

Also, Dan Kopman of Schlafly Bottleworks will visit to discuss the upcoming Fall Food Frenzy fundraiser, set for 11/4/12, from the St. Louis Originals restaurant group.

Also, we’ll give away passes to the movie “Step Up to the Plate,” which opens on 10/26/12 at the Tivoli.

Listen at 11:00 a.m. Saturday via 590-AM, KFNS.

The farm scene in this post is the wall mural at the new Niche restaurant, opening soon in the Centene building in Clayton. The artist is Peat Wollaeger.

 

 

 

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Saturday, October 13 Show Info

On today’s show (October 13), guests include Carl Hazel, chef at 1111 Mississippi. Also, Beth Huch of St. Louis Culinary Tours. And Chris Reimer, aka @RizzoTees on Twitter, local eater.

We also have cool things to giveaway! Keep our studio number nearby: 314-969-0590. And listen for the cue to call.

 

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FOOD TALK STL show schedule

Food Talk STL will not be heard on Saturday, September 29, as KFNS will carry the Illinois-Penn State football game.

Our show will be on the air on October 6, 13 and 20 at 11:00 a.m. each of those Saturdays.

On October 6, guests will include George Mahe of St. Louis magazine, Chuck Dressel of Mt. Pleasant Winery and Caryn Dugan, a local vegan cook and consultant. We will give away several pairs of tickets to the Soulard Chili Cookoff, which is set for October 20.

On October 13, guests will include chef Carl Hazel of 1111 Mississippi and Beth Huch of St. Louis Culinary Tours.

On October 20, we will broadcast live from the Soulard Chili Cookoff. Guests will include Dan Kopman of Schlafly Bottleworks (and representing St. Louis Originals) and Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl to the Max. Lisa will be appearing on Thursday, November 1, at the new Dierberg’s in Des Peres. (We will be giving away copies of her book during the show on 10/20.)

On October 27, the Illini start early, so no show.

In the meantime, click on the “past shows” tab to hear interviews from previous shows. Click HERE to listen to our recent chat with Gerard Craft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saturday, September 22

Guests on Food Talk STL this week are chef/restaurant owner Gerard Craft, who’ll talk about all the new things he has going on, and Jenny Agnew who teaches writing at SLU and blogs for St. Louis magazine’s Relish blog.

Also, Scott Thomas will provide scoop on the Backyard Barbeque Bash in Arnold. And we have many announcements and news items to share.

And we’ll give away a copy of the new St. Louis Chefs’ Recipes cookbook. Valued at 19.95. This will be a “call in and win” contest, so listen for the cue to call.

Thanks for listening Saturday at 11:00 a.m. on 590, the Fan, KFNS.

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NO Food Talk STL show on September 15

The University of Illinois football game starts early this weekend, so we will not be on the air this Saturday. We knew when we began the show that there might be some preemptions along the way.

Food Talk STL will be back on the air on Saturday, September 22.

In the meantime, listen to some of our previous segments by clicking on the “Past Shows” tab at the top of this page.

 

 

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Name Dropping

On the August 18 show, Evan Benn and Matt Sorrell joined me for an hour long chat about a variety of food and drink topics. I listened back to the archives at foodtalkstl.com/pastshows and noted all the food and drink places that were mentioned. Here’s the list:

Vin de Set

River City Casino

Perennial Ale

Taste

Franco

4 Hands Brewery

Winslow’s Home

Half and Half

Brasserie

Home Wine Kitchen

Top of Riverfront

Coronado

Blood and Sand

Stellina Pasta

Zia’s

Syberg’s

Schlafly Bottleworks

Second Shift Brewery

O’Fallon Brewing

Joe’s Chili Bowl

Tony’s

The Bridge Tap House

Bailey’s Range

Pi Pizza

Missouri Bar & Grille

St. Louis Bread Company

The Crossing

Five Bistro

Prune (NYC)

Dressel’s Pub

 

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NO Food Talk STL show on 9/1/12

We are preempted this week by Illinois football.

Back on air at 11:00 a.m. on 9/8/12 with Joe Edwards on the Blueberry Hill 40th birthday, STL native and former French Laundry sommelier Chris Hoel and former restaurant owner and now food broker Andy Ayers.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend and spread the word about our show! Thanks!