Month: February 2010

February 22 Tweet Rodeo

@Celebr8nGenr8n makes a splash with her Hannibal Lecter cake, @YoungChef2 and Jack Riebel carry on a bit of friendly competition, @FoxBarrelBruce works on some new cider offerings, @PubCoffeeHouse raves about @FultonBeer, and @TasteBudTart links to some appealing food photography.

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Knife Skills, A Serial Novel – Part 38

Each Friday, the Heavy Table presents a new installment of Knife Skills, a culinary novel presented piece by piece as it’s written. If you’re uncomfortable with salty language, please be aware that characters regularly use words and phrases unacceptable in polite conversation. In the author’s imagination, some members of the food service industry have a […]

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Post-Fire Thoughts from Shefzilla

Chef Stewart Woodman of Heidi’s offers his first post-fire thoughts on his blog, Shefzilla. “I feel OK in reality what happened yesterday was that a building burned, but what remains is what we always had.  It was a great honor of my life to be your cook these years at Heidi’s.” UPDATE: Chef Woodman has […]

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February 19 Tweet Rodeo

Some of the cooler (and more functional) branding we’ve seen in a while: @NSFoodsMemo shows off a pageful of ‘Vanity Barcodes,’ @HyperLocavore reports on a generous profit-sharing agreement of sorts, @TheCakeDivaMpls urges you to stop by the Food & Wine Experience (and lures you with the promise of a giveaway), @VeloVeggies and @Peace_Coffee converse about […]

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Blackbird and Heidi’s, After the Fire

If there’s a silver lining to yesterday’s fire, it’s this: while the incineration of Heidi’s and Blackbird was a monumentally depressing event, it was mercifully free of death or injury. We’re lucky on that front. The loss of both restaurants is, however, deeply disappointing for anyone who loves local food. Both were relatively new restaurants. […]

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Cheese at Edesia on Monday

Strib writer Kim Ode’s Edesia Cookbook Review features Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin co-authors Becca Dilley and myself on Monday, Feb. 22, at 7pm. Song Lee from the France 44 Cheese Shop will be there, too, on the lower level of the Barnes and Noble in the Galleria in Edina.

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