I visited the foodie city that’s the birthplace of very famous beer – with new British Airways flights and 33C summers

BAKING is usually a precise art. But in St Louis, it was a faux pas that resulted in one of the American city’s most cherished baked foods: The gooey butter cake. It was the 1930s and the Great Depression was in full force — ingredients were precious and food couldn’t be wasted. So when a...