Totino’s vs. the Wrecking Ball and Morning Roundup
There’s a fight afoot to save the arguably historic Totino’s Pizza building from demolition, a Rose Bowl cheese showdown (at least Wisconsin won on the plate), a look at Madison’s new Tempest Oyster Bar, the organizational moxie of the Friends School Plant Sale never ceases to amaze, and a job description and application for the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market Market Manager position [both .doc files].
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James Norton
James Norton is editor and co-founder of the Heavy Table. He is also the co-author of a book about Minnesota sandwiches and the people who eat them, the co-author of a book about Wisconsin’s master cheesemakers, and a daily video blogger for CHOW. His latest book is a guide to the food and restaurants of Minneapolis and St. Paul called the Food Lovers’ Guide to the Twin Cities. Norton has written about food for Culture: The Word on Cheese, Salon, Gastronomica, Popular Science, Saveur.com, Minnesota Monthly, and City Pages (as a weekly restaurant reviewer).
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“Arguably historic” is good. “Dubiously historic” would also have been acceptable.
Someone needs to tear the shit our of that block…it’s depressing.