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Skimming the cream of local food news

• Yelp Review of the Week: Mandarin Kitchen

  Yelper Rhonda G. writes of Mandarin Kitchen: “The experience of dimsum reminds me of the minor eating disorder called ritualistic eating.”

• Baking: Live! Today!

  If you’re online over the lunch hour, the Strib’s Kim Ode will be doing a live online chat today from noon to 1 pm, answering questions about baking.

• A New Fulton Beer at the Muddy Pig [1]

  You remember the Fulton Beer guys, right? Their second beer (The Worthy Adversary, “a big, flavorful imperial stout clocking in at 10.1% ABV”) gets tapped at The Muddy Pig tonight (March 11) at 6pm.

• March 11 Tweet Rodeo

  Rainy weather got you down? @VeloVeggies delivers in style, @ScottPampuch ponders television as a medium for sustainable food reform, @Finnegans announces the last day for pub crawl registration in St. Cloud and elsewhere, @HotDishBlog links to a cooking video for the “last frontier in nose-to-tail dining,” and @BergerBrands urges you to adopt a maple tree.

• March 11 Recipe Roundup

  Scotch Shortbread with Pastureland Butter, a recipe for self love (totally safe for work), scratch falafel, green eggs and ham, baked Mexican rice, St. Joseph’s Day cream puffs, baked pasta with smoked mozzarella, and bacon-wrapped scallops.

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