A fairly amazing-sounding Better Beer Society brown bag series event at Butcher & the Boar, some revised menus at local restaurants, a local foodie’s epic Mother’s Day feast, tasting notes for Summit Pilsner and Steel Toe’s Provider, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and a new urban farm in Minneapolis.
Ten vendors from Midtown Global Market will be among the thronging multitudes hawking food and more at this year’s Minnesota State Fair. Highlights: Jamal Hashi‘s camel on a stick and the potentially more palatable mango on a stick*, Italian soda and garlic cheese bread from Jakeeno’s, a Manny’s Tortas booth, and the Fair debut of Cafe Finspang. [full details in PDF format]
*I’ve had camel. Tasted like camel-flavored chewing gum. Would hesitate before trying it again.
I have also had camel, and did not find it to be much like chewing gum at all. I’d compare it to goat. Maybe there was a preparation issue when you had it?
[...] Tortas will have their very own booth in the Food Building this year, making room for a few days of camel-on-a-stick in the International [...]