Adam Rothbarth
Writer | Editor
Accolades
Winner, Best Holiday Campaign (Wayfair Way Day), The 2023 CAPS (Commerce Awards for Publishers)
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Finalist, Writer of the Year, 2020 Great Plains Journalism Awards
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Featured in Twitter's "The Best Music Writing of 2018, As Chosen By Music Writers"
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BBC places Arcade Fire review among "7 of the most scathing record reviews of the year [2017]"
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Food & Wine
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"In Defense of a St. Louis Favorite, Provel Cheese"
"I Asked a Wine Pro Whether the $145 Durand Wine Opener Is Worth the Hype"
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"Solo Stove's Cast Iron Griddle Turned Me Into a Live Fire Cooking Master"
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"My Whole Family Lived in Fear of My Mom Cutting Bagels – Until She Got This $18 Tool"
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"Stop Storing Bread in the Fridge, and Try This Pro-Approved Upgrade"
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Chicago Magazine
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"Heart and Science of Pasta: Inside the Pasta Lab at Tre Dita"
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"Tasty Lessons (Review of Grammar)"
"People Behind the Pizza: Doug Thomson"
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"Hit the Road For an Epic Farm Dinner"
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"A Field Guide to St. Louis Sandwiches"​​
VICE / Munchies
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"One of the Midwest's Best Italian Restaurants Is in the Suburbs of St. Louis"
"Cannabis Cocktails Will Be Everywhere—But Are They Even Any Good?"
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"I Drank a 15-year-old Can of Nelly's Pimp Juice and Time-Travelled to 2003"
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"There's Only One Good Subway Sandwich and It's the Veggie Delite"
"How to Eat Your Way Through the Backwoods of the Ozarks"​
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Eater
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"Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout Finds New Stripes with Zebra Barrels"
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"Where to Eat Banh Mi in Chicago"
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"Where to Drink Wine Outside in Chicago"
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"Where to Eat Vegan Pizza in Chicago"
Sauce Magazine
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"Best New Restaurants of 2020 // No 1: The Lucky Accomplice"​
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"Taco Quest: A Journey Through Some of St. Louis' Best Taquerias and Tex-Mex Restaurants"
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"How David Stine Furniture Helped Build the St. Louis Restaurant Scene"
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"These Are the Best Salads in St. Louis Right now"
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"St. Louis is Having a Sandwich Renaissance"
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"How Olive+Oak's Morgaine Segura Fell In Love With Bartending"
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Rec Room @ VICE
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"Sammy Hagar Loves Making Tortilla Chips (and Told Us What's In His Salsa)"
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"We Talked To T-Pain About His Wing Spices (and Black Sabbath)"
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"Alison Roman's 'Sweet Enough' is the Timeless Dessert Meditation We Needed"
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"We Talked To Jeff Tweedy About Snacks (And His Band, Wilco)"
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"An Honest Review of the Balmuda Toaster (Yes, It Deserves a Nobel Prize)"
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Spotify
"Sunn O))) on Why Loud Music Can Be Important"
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"Tomb Mold's Steve Musgrave on Keeping a Day Job"
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"Experimental Composer Kelly Moran on Finding Your Sound"
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"How Folk Singer-Songwriter Ian Fisher Found His Audience in Europe"
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Rolling Stone
"Why Is a Chicago Indie Rocker Covering a Lost Dave Matthews Band LP?"
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Tiny Mix Tapes
"In Kanye's Wake: A Journey to the Ends of
the Pop Star"
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Review of Arcade Fire: Everything Now
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Review of Bell Witch: Mirror Reaper
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