Special Requests: 100 Favorite Restaurant Recipes From The Pages Of The St. Loui

Special Requests: 100 Favorite Restaurant Recipes from the Pages of the St. Loui

Over the past decade, hundreds of local chefs generously have shared their recipes sought by the readers of "Special Request," a column that appears each Wednesday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We've gathered 100 favorites here, all tested and adapted for home kitchens. You'll find pasta galore, fitting for a city known for its Italian restaurants. Readers love to replicate restaurant soups at home, so we've included a wide array. Ethnic restaurants thrive in our area, and you'll find specialties from many nations in these pages. Sadly, a few of the restaurants represented here are no longer in business. But their recipes live on. Whether you cook for family, friends or a restaurant full of customers, food is for sharing. Enjoy!