St. Louis Pork Steaks: Traditional Food + Contemporary Technique |
The Recipe: The best of two worlds, traditional St. Louis Pork Steaks + contemporary technique. How to cook pork steaks with smoke on the grill, they turn out tender and juicy. The Conversation: What are the traditional foods that St. Louis is famous for? Who's heard of gooey butter cake?! My adopted hometown of St. Louis is famous for a few old-time traditional St. Louis foods only found here. To be sure, St. Louis isn't only about the old-style dishes. We have a thriving, collaborative contemporary food scene. This year, local chef and restaurateur Gerard Craft earned a James Beard "best chef" award! And BBQ? Yeah, man, St. Louis has a budding BBQ scene too! Look out Memphis and Kansas City! But I digress! Back to those old-time traditional St. Louis food icons! GOOEY BUTTER CAKE St. Louis' famous gooey butter cake – for short, that's just "gooey butter" to locals – has kinda-sorta spread cross-country but really, it's only here