Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Month: May 2009
Happy National Waitress/Waiter Day
Today is a particularly good day to celebrate and generously tip your hard-working and underappreciated restaurant server. Cheers, thank you, and could I get a warm-up on this coffee?
MoreThe Art of Fishing
Trout Caviar has a lovely, plainspoken story about trout fishing that’s worth a careful reading and a moment of contemplation.
MoreNortheast Social: A First Glance
A nominal recap of Art-a-Whirl by Les Images Petites blossoms into a full-fledged review of Northeast Social, with photos. Verdict: mixed, trending positive.
MoreMay 21 Morning Roundup
Rick Nelson has a crush on Smashburger, camarones enchipotlados over at Camacho Watcho, Teddy digs Brasa’s chicken creole sandwich, Philip Dorwart celebrates the birth of his daughter (mazel tov!) and kneecaps McDonald’s, Bill Roehl checks out Ramy’s Pizzeria in Apple Valley, the Strib reprints an interesting list of 129 sins that restaurants often commit via […]
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Jenkins v. Jones
Kathie Jenkins visits Burger Jones and does not at all like what she eats. A sample — and this is merely 15 percent of a long litany of complaints: “The bacon poutine’s cheese curds were one big rubbery blob and the ‘rich gravy’ tasted like the Heinz brand.”
MoreHmong Kitchen in America Book Event
Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, May 21) join authors Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang of Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America for a book talk, signing, and food sampling. The event runs from 3-5pm at the Hmong Cultural Center, 995 University Ave. W, Suite 214, Sunrise Market Building, St. Paul.
MoreFalcon Heights Farmers’ Market Moves
The PiPress reports that the Farmers’ Market in Falcon Heights will be moving to University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus — the market runs every 8am-noon on Tuesdays on Gortner Ave. just south of Larpenteur. Meat and cheese from the U. of M. labs will be for sale at the market, among other goods.
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May 20 Morning Roundup: Funkier Than Expected
An awesome looking smoked trout mousse at A Crafty Lass, Zimmern’s appearance on The Soup (Chicken tet-ra-zzini!), an instant classic comedy chicken-foot photo of Peter from Paired, MNBeer posts about a Lift Bridge dinner featuring cigars (oh hells yes), and Twin Cities Restaurant Blog lists every menu item at Grumpy’s and then declares the food […]
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