the churn
@JDeRusha wants you to join Team Hunger, @France44Cheese revives the apple-honey-cheese sandwich (so good!), @TroutCaviar finds sheep sorrel at a new location, @AsherBMiller reminds of the last Open Field event this summer, @GrovelandTap welcomes its soon-to-be neighbor, Scusi, and @CTKitchenTable seeks volunteers to pick veggies this weekend for the next @TourdeFarm event.
The Linden Hills Co-op is preparing to celebrate its upcoming move with a Mardi Gras style parade, a Girvan / Singh’s State Fair hot sauce throwdown, a new egg-centric menu at Corner Table, the always handy City Pages month in review, and Edina gets its own Bryant Lake Bowl-style upscale bowling alley / restaurant in the form of a Pinstripes franchise.
Ever wondered how to flip a skillet like a pro? @CafeCyan shares tips from yesterday’s MN Cooks event, @RingoRestaurant debuts an Argentinean menu, @StephMarch recommends Safari Express’ mango on a stick @MinnStateFair, @Northern_Brewer offers 10% off wine-making supplies, and @MCFarmersMkt hosts a fall harvest dinner and promises fresh lamb this weekend from Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm.
Some good events coming down the pike. First: “National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics’s Research at the Red Stag explores science as it is happening, drawing connections between scientific research, culture, environment and everyday life.” The Bedlam Theater is going to grill a goat and serve up PBR tall boys. And Slow Food Minnesota is hosting a benefit at Big River Farms for immigrant farmers and the work of Minnesota Food Association and Slow Food Minnesota.
Rachel reviews Faces (our preview’s here), some blogger love for Lucia’s wine bar, some good Fair tips (“We share at the Fair; it’s like Minnesota tapas”), a detailed accounting of Wisconsin’s haul at the American Cheese Society awards, Rick touts the Minnesota Cooks calendar, the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the Heirloom Tomato, an update on Swede Hollow Cafe, and the Well Fed Guide to Life visits the State Fair.
@ScottPampuch warns of imminent @TourdeFarm sell-out, @GingerHop_NE debuts a new date night test run, @Amck gives Mediterranean Deli’s spicy veggie sandwich a rave review, @OrganicMeatman takes 25% off your order, @SovereignGrnds offers half off coffee beans for college students, and @France44Cheese congratulates Uplands Dairy on their ACS win.
We reported on the closure of the Tin Cup in St. Paul; it has subsequently re-opened and is offering a menu featuring fried chicken and a variety of Juicy Lucys.
CNN profiles a Minnesota farmer who’s fighting one of the Gulf of Mexico’s biggest “dead zones,” G Sheaves goes white wine tasting at a local Trader Joe’s, Jason DeRusha says a photo of our State Fair team depicts a “group of goofballs” [image of DeRusha provided for context here], a blogger praises Subo (our considerably older review is here), former Town Talk bartender Nick Kosevich (who contributed a story about the Old Fashioned to the Heavy Table) gets a little ink promoting his upcoming Milwaukee bar Distil, Aaron gets some unfortunate-looking photos of Lunds pizza, Simple, Good, and Tasty runs down the forbidden Fair favorite foods of local food personalities, a portrait of Sea Salt on a hot day, cast your vote over at Food Network for local food truck darlings Chef Shack, a gorgeous-looking pate with bacon and chantrelles being prepared at the new Heartland, Perennial Plate heads out to the Boundary Waters (part 1 of 2), and Jeremy Iggers says “no thanks” to Hmong-style pig uteri at Destiny Cafe. So: Who’s going to go out there and get us a uteri review? “Not it,” incidentally.
“Shefzilla” Stewart Woodman works on the menu for the new location of @HeidisMpls, @RogueChocolate marvels in a disaster gone right, @DBrauer reports on Murray’s steakhouse’s rejection from the local union, and @DeRushaEats recommends the Sausage Sisters’ bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers at the @MinnStateFair.
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