Table of Contents (October 2010)

 WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH

• A Scottish Games Guide
• More about what it's like to be an embalmer
• Maps to fall getaways
• An extended interview with Mariano Favazza
• Links to food and wine apps
• Video of the "Orchestrating Diversity" program
• An extended Kitchen Q&A

Note: For each new issue, St. Louis Magazine publishes only a select number of articles online. While all articles will eventually be published online here, your best bet for reading current content is to subscribe, buy an issue, or head to your local library. Thanks. —Jarrett Medlin, Editor-in-Chief

BEHIND THE SCENES
The making of this issue

FROM THE EDITOR
Whats on the Menu
By Jarrett Medlin

FEEDBACK

CURRENT

• First Shot: Great Scott! (Web exclusive: A Scottish Games guide)
  The Scottish Games return
  By Jarrett Medlin
• The Buzz: Spilling with Emotions
  A local photographer turns tragedy into art
  By Byron Kerman
• The Buzz: Collaboration by Design
  Renowned architect Gyo Obata on the client-architect relationship.
  By Jarrett Medlin
• The Buzz: Stairway to Heaven
  Is the Grand Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine really haunted?
  By Byron Kerman
• The Buzz: Turf Times
  Kirkwood High School levels its playing field
  By Christy Marshall
• The Buzz: State of the Statues
  An overview of St. Louis' sports statues
  By Jarrett Medlin
  
• The Buzz: The I-70 Series
  Has the classic cross-state rivalry spread beyond sports?
  By Jarrett Medlin
• The Buzz: The Wrong Stuff
  What happens when your possessions take over your life
  By Jeanette Cooperman
• What It's Like to be an Embalmer (Web exclusive: Extended version)
  By Byron Kerman
• Agenda
  Our five picks for the month

GLITTERATI
See these and more at our Party Pics page.

STYLE

• Things We Love: Covert Pop
  Military-inspired looks with hot pink make a striking combination.
  By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
• The District: Westward Expansion
  Two Central West End boutiques sprout along Maryland Avenue.
  By Jeanette Kozlowski
• Shop Talk: Custom Made
  A local company goes beyond the monogram.
  By Nicole Benoist Edgerton

BUSINESS
Behind the Rainbow
The slick-soft coating on buffered aspirin, the sparkles in chewing gum, those pricey little inkjet cartridges that print your vacation photos—everything the world consumes has a color. And a lot of those colors are made right here, in a nondescript set of buildings on the near North Side.
By Jeanette Cooperman

THINK AGAIN
Billionaire Knows Best
Proposition A could impose one man's tax philosophy on an entire state.
By Ray Hartmann

COVER FEATURE
Best Restaurants 2010
The 40 Best Restaurants in St. Louis, Plus One Restaurant of the Year
By Bill Burge, Dave Lowry, George Mahe, Rose Maura Lorre, and Joe and Ann Pollack
Photographs by Kevin A. Roberts

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Get Out of Town (Web Exclusive: Maps of Scenic Drives)
Ten fall adventures and six scenic drives
By Jeanette Cooperman, Jarrett Medlin, and Stefene Russell
 

Defending the Land
With extreme weather, fickle global markets, and escalating technology, grain farming in Southern Illinois is as much about gauging risks as planting seeds.
By Jeanette Cooperman

BACK STORY
What Big Ears You Have!
Family ties cross species at the Saint Louis Zoo, which turns 100 this year.
By Jeanette Cooperman

A CONVERSATION WITH MARIANO FAVAZZA (Extended Web Version)
The longtime circuit clerk, bloodied but unbowed
By Jeannette Cooperman

FOOD & DRINK

• First Look: Monarch
  By George Mahe
• Review: Bridge Tap House and Wine Bar
  More wine, more craft beer—and more cheese—than downtown St. Louis has ever witnessed under one roof.
  By Dave Lowry
• Rambling Rose: Strolling Into Fall
  Three progressive dinners.
  By Rose Maura Lorre
  
• Kitchen Q&A with Dr. Gurpreet Padda and Amy Grimes (Extended web version)
  Conceiving restaurants—a lot of them—in their spare time.
  By George Mahe
  
• Liquid Assets: Tap This (Web Exclusive: Links to food and wine apps)
  By Chris Hoel
• Ins, Outs, and Almosts
  By George Mahe
• Plus the following box-outs: "Micro Rant," "Buzzword," "Place Doing it Right," and "Overheard."

CULTURE & EVENTS

• First Stop: American Arts Experience—St. Louis
  By Stefene Russell
• Out & About: Raw Materials
  Jen and Eric Woods—the siblings behind Typecast Publishing—reinvent that overly precious object known as the book of poetry.
  By Jeanette Cooperman
• Cameo: DIY In a Major Key (Web Exclusive: Video of Orchestrating Diversity performing)
  At an experimental music club in South City, talented kids who can’t afford music lessons are learning not just how to read music, but how to play Beethoven’s First Symphony.
  By Stefene Russell
• The SLM Calendar (with Critic's Picks in Dance, Music, Galleries, Kids, and Festivals)

FLASHBACK
1949: Two Fathoms Deep