Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Andrew Zimmern is vending some new gear these days — including some chic-looking boar, cock, and cow T-shirts — and he was kind enough to send us a sample. If this boar shirt catches your fancy and you’re a robustly sized person (the size is XL), drop a comment below with your email or blog […]
MoreLocal designer Luke Oeth of Neatly Trimmed Beard gets a shoutout from Lileks for his sweet, sweet Hobo Wine design, Green Your Plate makes some raspberry jam and gets into a whole bunch of chaos, a new olive oil and vinegar store called Vinaigrette looms on the horizon, promising to give Annona Gourmet some cross-town […]
MoreThree cool shots from three fine photographers in our Flickr pool: massdistraction offers a salt and pepper bean curd appetizer from E Noodle Cafe, mamichan submits a beautiful shot of carrots of various colors, and Matt Khoury offers up a mouth-watering shot of corn and habañero mango garlic butter.
MoreChris Eats presents: candied Fritos, pork belly, and the memorial photograph honoring the end of the roaming underground restaurant / art exhibition that was Paired. Plus: a tribute to Chef Chris’s mom.
MoreBill Roehl recaps Minnesota Monthly’s Fresh Taste Festival. Stand-out item: a chevre, fig, and prosciutto crostini from Chowgirls. The dud: surprisingly, fish from flavor-of-the-summer sustainable seafood restaurant Sea Change.
MoreBeets, the root vegetable of the iron range, are making a comeback from the requisite sweet-spicy preserved slices commonly served with Minnesotan home cookin’ — not only have I enjoyed them in salads at @NgonBistro and @TownTalkDiner, @LucyWaverman now asks that beet-haters give the roots a chance in cake form. @DuplexMpls offers bottles of wine […]
MoreA search for the elusive crab rangoon, if you love to hate the Uptown Art Fair and associated events, you’ll love Emily’s writeup of a Barefoot Wine tasting, some homemade butter making, online registration for state fair competitions for baked products and canned goods ends tomorrow, the Heavy Table gets a shout in a PiPress […]
MoreGreat update on the American Cheese Society Award winners for 2009 over at Cheese and Champagne. Read the post for all the details, but here’s the main thing you need to know: #1 Winningest State: Wisconsin, 25 first place, 92 total; Distant Second: California, 14 first place, 47 total. In your face, supposedly happy cows.
MoreFlak Radio is doing a free live show at the West Bank Social Center (right above the Nomad World Pub) next Tuesday night at 7pm. A Summit brewer will join the hosts to talk about the brewery’s new Kolsch release, and a couple lucky audience members will get a chance to face off in a […]
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