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Butter cake

A St. Louis Original: Ooey-Gooey Butter Cake

A few weeks back, I was watching Martha Stewart Bakes during which she made something I had never heard of in my forty-plus years as a chef--a Gooey Butter Cake. It seems this cake was invented during the Great Depression in the 1930s by a German-style bakery located on the St. Louis South Side. And […]

Log house restaurant

Southern Fried Chicken: America’s Ultimate Comfort Food. And Mine.

As I've mentioned before, ours was a family of modest means. But my father worked hard to see that we were able to afford some of life's nicer things. An occasional dinner at the "Log House" after Sunday's church service was one of the more pleasurable of them. And one of my life experiences I […]

Browning Heights Burger

Browning Heights Burger

The secret to a juicy burger is using 75/25 ground beef. The additional fat in the Meat will result in a juicier, more tasteful burger.