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Month: August 2009
Knife Skills, A Serial Novel – Part 13
Each Friday, the Heavy Table presents a new installment of Knife Skills, a culinary novel presented piece by piece as it’s written. If you’re uncomfortable with salty language, please be aware that characters regularly use words and phrases unacceptable in polite conversation. In the author’s imagination, some members of the food service industry have a […]
MoreEarly Apples from Ames
“Ames Farm will have Zestar, Chestnut Crab, and Wealthy apples at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Lyndale Ave Saturday and Sunday, about a week earlier then usual,” writes Brian Fredericksen of Ames Farm.
MoreMuch Ado at The Muddy Pig
The Muddy Pig is hosting a beer tasting with Eel River and Moylan’s breweries from California. “Eel River was the first certified organic brewery in the US and makes some fantastic beers,” says the press release. “Moylan’s brews some of the Pig’s favorite beers like Hopsickle and Kilt Lifter.” Event starts at 7pm, Thursday, Sep. […]
MoreAugust 28 Tweet Rodeo
So much is going on in these last few weeks of summer! @SurdyksLiquor offers a “Heart Healthy” sale through tomorrow, @BoutiqueWines hosts their last tapas night of the season tonight, and @StephMarch relates Lenny Russo’s concerns for Heartland’s ability to survive potential St. Paul legislation. Meanwhile, @LeeZukor reminds us of the importance of eating local […]
MoreAugust 28 State Fair Roundup
The Chowhound State Fair thread has just begun, Anna of True Thai talks about eggs (squid and otherwise) on a stick and the tradition of satay, Cafe Cyan blogs a bit from the Fair from a vegetarian perspective, and massdistraction celebrates glorious fried vegetables on a stick. Here’s a prediction: Today, a trickle. By Monday […]
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August 28 Non-State Fair Roundup
Lenny Russo makes an (idle? totally serious? half-serious?) threat to move Heartland to Minneapolis if St. Paul over-regulates food, Katie likes Volnay a lot less than we did (flagging the service as “flakey, unknowledgeable, and unprofessional”), the best story you’ll read all month about a stuffed artichoke, a Dutch apple pancake (these things are amazing) […]
MoreAugust 27 Afternoon Roundup
Lee at Simple Good and Tasty posts the recipe for Red Stag Supper Club’s Corn Puree, Vegetarian Perspective covers Cafe Twenty Eight, Pioneer Press readers dreamed up a bunch of junk to put on a stick (a reader also suggests cheese-flavored milk. Yuck!), and the Star Tribune opens up their entire section online for the […]
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August 27 Flickr Pool Highlights
Confit de canard from jeffnlia, a St. Paul Farmers’ Market bounty from uisgeaon, raw wheatberries from surlygrrrl, and Stockholm Pizza Farm pizza from massdistraction. Next up: Some hella creative State Fair shots, we hope.
MoreZimmern Plus Omer Equals Crazy Interesting
Two of the area’s most flamboyant gastro-characters collide as Andrew Zimmern interviews Mitch Omer of Hell’s Kitchen in advance of his upcoming book, Damn Good Food: 157 Recipes from Hell’s Kitchen. Omer’s craziest story from his roadie days? [Beware: NSFW language.] “Getting stabbed at a Van Halen concert, having sex on the stage at Red […]
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