Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
@CommonRoots’ garden is thriving — part of the haul? A 1.5-pound golden beet! @SurlyBrewing just picked 1400 pounds of fresh hops for another batch of beer, one of @Rick_Bayless’ many fans, @JRMithDobbs, recommends homemade vanilla serrano ice cream with mint (a hot new idea?), @BlueDoorPub hosts another contest for the best Blucy idea with $100 […]
MoreThe HomeMade Pizza Co. opens a branch in Calhoun Commons, Dara’s got a shotgun blast of Nick and Eddie news updates and insights (booze crisis! not closing! simpler menu!), Green Your Plate does some cool stuff with corn, apparently the Pizza Farm also offers the world’s cutest kittens for adoption, Aaron from Captain’s Chair has […]
MoreThe three-day Taste of Greece hits Uptown this weekend; Friday evening features an annual 5K run around Lake Calhoun, and live music, dance, wine, and food demos will abound for the duration. The action goes down from noon-10pm from Friday, Sep. 11 through Sunday, Sep. 13.
MoreMore than 75 wines from four impressive collections will be poured for guests on Sep. 16 from 6-7:30pm, with 20 percent of the event’s purchases going to fight breast cancer. A $20 donation secures your reservation — the event takes place at The Artisan Vineyards warehouse, 425 West Minnehaha Ave., Saint Paul, MN.
MoreA special $21 Home Run Porch ticket gets you into the Twins vs. Tigers game on Sep. 20 and into a pre-game party with Andrew Zimmern. Not sold? Special ticketholders get a Zimmern bobblehead, too. And while you’re shelling out ducats for Zimmernalia, you may as well pick up his new book: The Bizarre Truth […]
MoreRaise money for the awesome Art Shanty Projects at a 5-10pm event on Sep. 12 — a $20 ticket ($40 a family) to this fundraiser gets you all-you-can-eat hot dogs, veggie dogs, corn on the cob, potato chips, lemonade, and ice cream sundaes. There’ll be a cash bar with beer and wine. More details here; […]
MoreDara reports that the Real Meal Deli is open in downtown Minneapolis St. Paul, Well Fed Guide to Life hits Village Wok, roasted garlic with goat cheese and tomato raisin chutney, the Parasole “aren’t you just thrilled and titillated to find out the exciting name of the post-Figlio restaurant?” PR assault gets to Rick Nelson, […]
MoreMinneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will be shoveling compost into bags to give away to market shoppers at the Mill City Farmers Market this Saturday, Sep. 12 at 11am — the free garden nourishment is part of a celebration of the market becoming the first zero-waste market in Minnesota.
MoreSeminars on bees, fence building, butchering, starting an orchard, sheep-shearing, and more are among the highlights of the Small Farm and Rural Living Expo 2009. The expo takes place at the Scott County Fairgrounds in Jordan, MN from 8:30am to 4:30pm Sep. 12; for more details and a schedule, check out the brochure [pdf]. Admission […]
MoreLincoln Del buttons plus dinner and lunch specials by 12story, tomatoes and peppers by conner.mccall, katbaro’s scrumptious-looking espresso smoked ribs, Vikings-themed corn by mamichan, chiles rellenos by Pfutz, and a great portrait of an intimidating dude + popsicle from Helados y Paletas La Chiquita by massdistraction.
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