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National Gooey Butter Cake Day

St. Louis has many culinary claims to fame, but few inspire as much local pride as gooey butter cake. The dessert began, so the story goes, with a happy accident in the 1930s at a German American bakery. A baker preparing coffee cake reversed the proportions of butter and flour in the topping, producing a […]

National Julienne Fries Day

The julienne cut — slender matchstick strips — is a hallmark of French technique. To julienne potatoes for fries, you slice them into planks, then into sticks about an eighth‑inch square. When fried, these thin strips yield fries that are crisp on the outside and tender inside, with plenty of surface area to catch salt […]