catapult magazine

vol. 6, num. 8 :: 2007.04.20 — 2007.05.04

Patrons flock to establishments that gain a good reputation for serving a great meal. Taking into account the food, the cost, the craft and the spirit of the atmosphere, what makes a restaurant good? What compels people in our cities and neighborhoods to open restaurants?

Feature

The ABCs of fake family dining

by Liz Janes

A family tours the alphabet by eating out.

Editorial

A good restaurant

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Memories and dreams inform criteria for what makes a restaurant good.

Articles

Late night thoughts on food as sacrament

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris

On modeling Christ as a guest at the table.

Cheeseburgers in Paradise

by Raymond Blanton

All reflections made with 100% fresh ground choice experience and served on a toasted bun.

You had me at tapas

by Morgan Tucker

A self-proclaimed food snob finds satisfaction in St. Louis.

Reviews

Life’s bistro

by Raymond Blanton

A review of the film Avenue Montaigne.

In case you missed it the first time

Some say the Midwest is dying

by Kelly Crull

A young couple mourns and celebrates the passing of time as they visit the small town of Hospers, Iowa.

Christians circle the Burger King's castle

by Will Braun

Activists see action at fast food giant as a sacrament for an age of transnational injustice.

A drive-thru epidemic

by Raymond Blanton

A review of the film Fast Food Nation directed by Richard Linklater.

Weaving the web

Baghdad Café

Orion Magazine

A 2003 report on restaurants as living libraries of culture.

24 Hours at the Golden Apple

This American Life

Audio signs of life at a 24-hour restaurant in Chicago.

Local Harvest

Search for restaurants serving local produce in your area or areas you plan to visit.

Hell's Kitchen

Killing the Buddha

A review by Laura Brahm of Jim Crace's short story collection The Devil's Larder.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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