Food Network + Cooking Channel host is in St. Louis MO, his hometown, checking out Grace Meat + Three, a Soul Food restaurant serving up deep fried Southern Comfort in a hip funky setting.

Food Network + Cooking Channel's Ali Khan takes on St. Louis style pizza at Imo's, a celebrated local chain. Nostalgia runs deep but does the pizza hold up?

Food Network + Cooking Channel's Ali Khan heads back to his hometown: St. Louis MO and visits Anthonino's Taverna. The Greek and Italian eatery has been featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives and is Ali's pick for Toasted Raviolis and anything with meatballs . . .

The things you just may not know about your hometown. Like finding out that St. Louis is the chess capital of the world. A fact to surely take pride in but something that also seems just a little trivial when placed next to the earliest memories of one’s life. The first time I saw fireworks was off the banks of the mighty Mississippi. The heat of a humid St. Louis summer is synonymous with watching professional baseball(Go Cards!). And then ...