33rd year Anniversary August 9th

Help us celebrate our 33rd year next Monday - come in for lunch or dinner and receive a free bottle of our House Dressing.

Dan Badock on Show Me STL Aug.17th

Dan will appear on Show Me STL - KSDK - Tuesday, August 17th to talk about our Creamy Basil Dressing and more.

Creamy Basil Dressing Recipe Online at YLM.com

Article with great photo is now online at http://www.yourlocalmessenger.com/. You can see how pretty this fresh basil dressing is on iceberg lettuce. Everyone who joined us Saturday at Soulard Market for the cooking demo loved it.

Schlafly Neighborhood Tour Wednesday Night

7 - 10 PM Soulard is featured neighborhood
drink specials - see participating bars & restaurants

Cooking Series Demo This Saturday 11AM

Don't forget to join us at Soulard Market pavilion at 11 AM for our demo "Wedge Salad." We will be under the tent on the Lafayette side. Free samples and coupons.

Bastille Days July 16-17 in Soulard

Big celebration next weekend in Soulard that starts Friday with a parade and ceremonial beheading of King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinette at Soulard Market. Lots to do Saturday with a craft show and soapbox derby too.

Recipes Featured - Get them online & in print

Our Cooking Series Recipes have been featured recently in the June issue of Soulard Renaissance, which is delivered locally, and online at www.YourLocalMessenger.com. The Roasted Garlic Soup is in the current issue of SR, and get the lastest demo, Baked Crab Casserole in the June 30th post at www.YourLocalMessenger.com.

20% off lunch & breakfast web coupon

June Web Coupon - take 20% off lunch or our Saturday breakfast AND
we are continuing our popular wine special : 40% off any wine from our wine list with purchase of 2 dinner entrees.
Get the Coupon Here

"Soulard's Serving Great Steak & Seafood" - see article

Read the new article about Soulard's in YourLocalMessenger.com and see some of the great new food pics.

May issue of Soulard Renaissance

Pick of the new issue of Soulard Renaissance - it has photo and recipe of Dan Badock and Chef Russ Byers from the Cooking Series at the Market.

Grouper Cakes - Cooking Series this Saturday

Doesn't this look fabulous? Join us on the pavilion at Soulard Market this Saturday at 11 AM. Chef Russ Byers will be showing you how to make this delectable dish - just like we do at the restaurant.

Photo by Jen Everett

Vino Night! 40% off web coupon for May

Make it a Vino Night at Soulard's - purchase 2 dinner entrees and receive 40% off ANY wine from our extensive wine list. Any evening Mon-Sat and on Mondays only get a free cookbook too.

GET WEB COUPON HERE

Dine Out Benefit Tomorrow

Join us for lunch or dinner and proceeds will benefit area AIDS agencies.

Shrimp Dijon Sat at Soulard Market Cooking Series

Chef Russ Byers will prepare Shrimp Dijon for you Saturday morning at 11AM.

Free samples and great coupons. Join us on the Lafayette pavilion. Get the Featured Recipe to print from our website

Dan's Recent Trip to Wine Country - Notes

I visited several wineries in Napa and Sonoma valley and would like to share my thoughts and experiences with you.

• Beringer in Napa Valley- we popped in with no appointment and they were outstanding. We sampled the Beringer Private reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 06 and 05 vintage side by side both were good but for my palate the 05 had more complexity and a much longer finish than the 06.
• We also stopped by PeJu and I did not like the reception or the wines and I’llleave it at that.
  
• The two wines we had appointments in Napa were : Caymus vineyards and Silver Oak. Both are outstanding producers of wine in the region. At Caymus we tasted o6 zinfandel with wonderful viscosity big boysenberry fruit, good acidity, nice well balanced wine. 07 cabernet both the estate and the special selection with the deep ruby red color but refined and elegant tannins and it was hard not to beg for more.
  
• At Silver Oak we tasted the wine of the trip! We had an 01 cab there that was hands down the best even better then the Caymus Special selection.
  
• We stayed at Alexander Valley winery in of course Alexander Valley. This part of Sonoma is God’s country and the drive is beautiful! We visited some small under the radar screen wineries. First off we popped in to Sausal and there I discovered that Cabernet rules but the old vine Zin can dance the dance too.
  
• Next we stopped at Stryker vineyards, they are in the process of finishing a new facility that is beautiful with an open floor to ceiling tasting room that takes advantage of the roiling hill sides of Alexander valley. The wines there were ok not as good as the others.
• Robert Young however was the best in the bunch but there prices are a bit higher . They produce several single vineyard Cabernets and even though they are more pricey than their neighbors they are cheaper than many in Napa valley.

Schnucks Cooking School was a Blast

From Dan Badock:
My wife Dianne and I had a fabulous time Tuesday evening doing a hands on cooking class at the best cooking facility in St. Louis. If you haven’t been to this store you need to check it out. It is the Schnucks in Des Peres on Manchester just east of west county mall. The staff Gay, Lucy and Nate were all equally welcoming and very fun to work with.
We prepared recipes from Soulard’s and the hands on class keeps everyone involved. Lucy took half the class and prepared a berry trifle, twice baked potatoes, and raspberry sauce for the pork tenderloin. Nate’s half made French onion soup with croutons, and crab cakes and I grilled the Pork tenderloin.
It was a team effort, not to mention several skill set techniques - like the proper way to handle and use a knife and a nifty trick on prepping fresh garlic. We enjoyed Trifethen merlot and a fun zinfandel from the Lodi region of California. The group of fifteen people that attended the class made it special because everyone and I do mean everyone was having a blast. We will do more classes there soon!

Get the Pork Tenderloin Recipe at Your Local Messenger

YourLocalMessenger.com has a great article about the Cooking Series last Saturday, and the recipe too. Go to their website and get all of the details on the sauce, marinade, ingredients HERE. Thanks to Janette Lonsdale for the story! You can subscribe to get all the news about Soulard, Benton Park, and Lafayette square at their website.

Cooking Series - Video Clip

New Post Dispatch Book includes Soulard's Recipe

Soulard's recipe for Meatloaf will be included in their new cookbook, "More Special Requests." This cookbook will include approximately 100 recipes from the StL Post Dispatch column "Special Requests." The book will be released at the end of April, and will be available in area bookstores as well as their online store, http://www.thepost-dispatchstore.com/.

Upcoming book-signing Event with Judith Evans
West County Center, I-270 & Manchester
Saturday, May 1
1 - 3 PM
Dan Badock will be appearing with samples and coupons, so get the book and more!

Cooking Series at the Market Photos

Folks lined up to sample the House Salad & Pork Tenderloin at Soulard Market at the first Demo yesterday. They got the recipe, tips on how to prepare it, and special coupons too from Dan Badock, Chef Russ Byers, and assistant David.
Join us again in two weeks for another great recipe.