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Niche in St Louis.

Cheese. Of course. Or pizza, and I'll just pick the cheese off if I need to.

The Church of Burger (St Louis synod) would have an outstanding summer burger party.

I'm a non-native St Louisan, and I can't stand Imo's. First of all, there's tons of better places to get real pizza in STL. Second, mozzarella belongs on a pie.

I'm pretty sure I have everything to make this, and I'm about to. It looks delicious.

Your friends will love you if you grill halloumi cheese.

Hey, I believe in local organic food as much or more so as the next person, but it's a luxury for me to buy it--it's a conscious choice for us to spend our money that way. Some people simply don't have that option, period. I totally understand food subsidies, big farm, etc, etc, etc. That doesn't matter when you are broke and have to feed your kids.

I totally appreciate Alice Waters' contributions, I yearn to dine in her restaurant, and I love her cookbooks, but utopian theory is just that unless it's able to be practically applied. Personally, I wish there were more emphasis on those who are able growing their own food--how can a single mom with not a lot of space grow a few tomato/pepper/greens plants with their kids' help at very little cost.

I do this all the time in the summer, cut with a little bit of milk. Iced crack. I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest.

A veggie sandwich that's not an afterthought--great cheeses, and produce other than iceberg, unripe tomatoes, or grilled green peppers and onions. Something with good tomatoes, sprouts, artichoke hearts, maybe sunchokes for crunch, avocado for the creamy, etc. I hate crappy veggie sandwiches.

I'm in St Louis, and my friend who works in the industry says that there are several notable restaurants on the verge of going bust--vendors and staff unpaid for weeks/months, backtaxes owed, etc. A couple of our favorites have already closed--places that were loved by many people and were cooking great food. It's a bummer.

I'm not a fan of creamy curds. I like my cooked thoroughly, even though I know that's the "wrong way" to cook up. Quick and hot.

I'm not a proponent of $5 school lunch meals, but there's got to be a happy medium to that and what currently exists. I taught high school for five years (just left last year) and not once did I eat hot lunch at my school. Nothing was made on site. It was all processed, unhealthy, beige/brown/yellow food. Even the "salad" bar was largely iceberg, croutons, cheese, and dressings. The only remotely real-food option was apples, oranges, bananas, or yogurt.

In addition to food costs, infrastructure has to be revamped in many schools. There are schools whose kitchens aren't designed to actually cook real food--only to reheat stuff.

You have to understand that for many students, school breakfast and lunch is all they really eat. They don't get fed consistently at home. It is doing kids a disservice to not even offer real food, let alone emphasize and promote it. It's a wicked problem, and I commend Waters for at least addressing the criticality of the situation.

Homemade mac & cheese, chicken optional, or homemade pizza. We eat meatless all the time, and I keep coming back to these two.