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SLIFF documentary explores Black experience in Vietnam War
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Need a Thanksgiving dessert? Try these contest winners from Post-Dispatch readers
New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this collection paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google For a number of years, the Post-Dispatch held a contest to determine our readers' best Thanksgiving dishes. The winners typically received eternal glory and a free cookbook. Here is a sampling of our more recent winners and some of their runner-ups.
Neman: Manfred Zettl, who created the Famous-Barr French onion soup, has died
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Neman: Manfred Zettl, who created the Famous-Barr French onion soup, has died
2 hours ago The findings also suggest that how much nyou drink, how you prepare it, and the temperature at which you serve it may matter. A morning cup of tea or an afternoon pot may be linked to heart health. In a study following nearly 486,000 adults in China for about nine years, regular tea drinkers had an …
Try it. You might like it. But Chicken & Waffles Oreos?
It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. Then again, if he says "it takes a big man to admit when he is wrong" when he admits that he is wrong, it sort of diminishes the whole impact of what he is doing.
Column: Try it. You might like it. But Chicken & Waffles Oreos?
It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. Then again, if he says “it takes a big man to admit when he is wrong” when he admits that he is wrong, it sort of diminishes the whole impact of what he is doing. I worked late the other night; I think I was the last person in the newsroom. I was stressing a bit over the story I was writing, and besides it is a little creepy in the newsroom all alone. So I decided to soothe my mildly frazzled nerves with a cookie.
New and long-unseen art back on St. Louis Art Museum walls (and floors)
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Top 15 things to do in St. Louis: Veterans Day parades, 'Misery,' Cherokee Street Jazz Crawl
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Column: Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
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Raja love on Facebook: St. Louisans hilariously miss their favorite elephant
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Neman: Hospital food is not worth being sick for
Daniel Neman | Post-Dispatch Features writer Author twitter Author email New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save When I was a youth, I had a notion that I might want to think about becoming a doctor.
Maplewood-made ‘A Different Breed’ wins three Emmy Awards
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Raja the elephant arrives at new home in Cincinnati
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Marc Shaiman at Jewish Book Fest: You know the music, but maybe not the name
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Top 15 things to do in St. Louis this week: Josh Johnson, Halloween, Sombr
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Column: What I cooked for a friend who is ill
A woman I know had a small cancer, but it took a big operation to remove it. I wanted to show my concern. I wanted to show that I cared. I wanted to make things easier for her family. So I cooked some food and brought it to her house. I waited a few days after her surgery to make certain she was home from the hospital and had started her recuperation. Two days before I was planning to bring it, I texted to ask if she would be up to having me drop it off.
St. Louis International Film Festival: Come for the stars, stay for the indies
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Neman: Want a successful restaurant? Danny Meyer says it takes hospitality
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Maplewood filmmakers chase Emmys with ‘A Different Breed'
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Polar bears paired for breeding at St. Louis Zoo are half-siblings
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Three-car crash claims four victims
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Column: Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
Seriously? Whose idea was this? In the 1960s, a popular national brand decided to expand their product portfolio by selling frozen food. What could go wrong? The brand was known to just about everybody. Unfortunately, the brand was Colgate. As in the toothpaste people. And nobody, but nobody, wanted to buy frozen food from them. I was recently wasting far too much time on the internet when I stumbled upon a listicle that was, shockingly, actually interesting.
Cooking for a friend who is ill
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Beloved elephant Raja to leave St. Louis Zoo this fall; another male coming next year
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Last-minute Halloween plans? Events around St. Louis Oct. 29-31
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She was born to play Betty Boop in show coming to St. Louis' Fox Theatre
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Top 8 things to do in St. Louis: Apple Butter Festival, HalLUDOween, 'Boop!'
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What are the Seven Gates of Hell? Post-Dispatch writer Daniel Neman explains the legend
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Neman: Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
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Neman: Try it. You might like it. But Chicken & Waffles Oreos?
Daniel Neman | Post-Dispatch Features writer Author twitter Author email New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong.
GalaxyCon brings ‘Twilight’ stars, George Takei and more to St. Louis
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Column: What I cooked for a friend who is ill
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Missouri Botanical Garden finds George Washington Carver letter in collection
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What I cooked for a friend who is ill
A woman I know had a small cancer, but it took a big operation to remove it. I wanted to show my concern. I wanted to show that I cared.
Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
Seriously? Whose idea was this? In the 1960s, a popular national brand decided to expand their product portfolio by selling frozen food. kAm(92E 4@F=5 8@ HC@?8n %96 3C2?5 H2D <?@H? E@ ;FDE 23@FE 6G6CJ3@5J]k^Am kAm&?7@CEF?2E6=J[ E96 3C2?5 H2D r@=82E6] pD :? E96 E@@E9A2DE6 A6@A=6] p?5 ?@3@5J[ 3FE ?@3@5J[ H2?E65 E@ 3FJ 7C@K6? 7@@5 7C@> E96>]k^Am kAmx H2D C646?E=J H2DE:?8 72C E@@ >F49 E:>6 @? E96 :?E6C?6E H96? x DEF>3=65 FA@? 2 =:DE:4=6 E92E H2D[ D9@4<:?8=J[ 24EF2==J :?E6C6DE:?8] (C:EE6?
Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
Seriously? Whose idea was this? In the 1960s, a popular national brand decided to expand their product portfolio by selling frozen food. kAm(92E 4@F=5 8@ HC@?8n %96 3C2?5 H2D <?@H? E@ ;FDE 23@FE 6G6CJ3@5J]k^Am kAm&?7@CEF?2E6=J[ E96 3C2?5 H2D r@=82E6] pD :? E96 E@@E9A2DE6 A6@A=6] p?5 ?@3@5J[ 3FE ?@3@5J[ H2?E65 E@ 3FJ 7C@K6? 7@@5 7C@> E96>]k^Am kAmx H2D C646?E=J H2DE:?8 72C E@@ >F49 E:>6 @? E96 :?E6C?6E H96? x DEF>3=65 FA@? 2 =:DE:4=6 E92E H2D[ D9@4<:?8=J[ 24EF2==J :?E6C6DE:?8] (C:EE6?
Column: What I cooked for a friend who is ill
A woman I know had a small cancer, but it took a big operation to remove it. I wanted to show my concern. I wanted to show that I cared. I wanted to make things easier for her family. So I cooked some food and brought it to her house. I waited a few days after her surgery to make certain she was home from the hospital and had started her recuperation. Two days before I was planning to bring it, I texted to ask if she would be up to having me drop it off.
Remembering New Coke and other terrible food ideas
Seriously? Whose idea was this? In the 1960s, a popular national brand decided to expand their product portfolio by selling frozen food. kAm(92E 4@F=5 8@ HC@?8n %96 3C2?5 H2D <?@H? E@ ;FDE 23@FE 6G6CJ3@5J]k^Am kAm&?7@CEF?2E6=J[ E96 3C2?5 H2D r@=82E6] pD :? E96 E@@E9A2DE6 A6@A=6] p?5 ?@3@5J[ 3FE ?@3@5J[ H2?E65 E@ 3FJ 7C@K6? 7@@5 7C@> E96>]k^Am kAmx H2D C646?E=J H2DE:?8 72C E@@ >F49 E:>6 @? E96 :?E6C?6E H96? x DEF>3=65 FA@? 2 =:DE:4=6 E92E H2D[ D9@4<:?8=J[ 24EF2==J :?E6C6DE:?8] (C:EE6?
‘Rocky Horror’ shadow cast is still exploring dynamic tension in St. Louis shows
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New polar bear coming to St. Louis Zoo later this fall
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An exclusive look: Behind the scenes at the St. Louis Zoo
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Top 10 things to do in St. Louis: Sting, Rush, Pines Fest
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Three Kings restaurant at Lambert Airport rated No. 1 in country
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SLSO presents a frothy Mozart, a lively Schumann and a US premiere
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Conspiracy debunker Milo Rossi will fight for truth in show at UMSL
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Neman: St. Louis ranks 197 out of 200. Is that good or bad?
Daniel Neman | Post-Dispatch Features writer Author twitter Author email New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, nuggets, waffle fries and a lemonade are seen in this photograph.
How to make the world better? Just do what I want Original
Things would be so much better if everybody just did what I want. My wife came to me the other day with a jar of soup she had bought. She wanted me to taste it before she threw it out, to make sure I agreed with her that it was so bad we shouldn’t even try to eat it. kAmx E2DE65 :E] x E9C6H :E @FE]k^Am kAmxE H2D?’E 4962A[ 6:E96C] xE H2D E96 uC6?49 @?:@?
Haunted houses and scary Halloween attractions around St. Louis
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Remembering New Coke and other awful food ideas
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Halloween events for kids in the St. Louis area, from trick-or-treating to light displays
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