Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
This just in: ghost pepper wings = “scalding pain,” Peace Coffee is delivered by bike or biodiesel vans (neat!), pizza inventor wanted [via Chris], Rachel reviews Sea Change, the Dara / Ruth Reichl event is sadly scotched in the wake of Gourmet’s folding, $100 in market bucks for the winner of the Minneapolis Farmers Market […]
MoreFrom Nov. 19-23, Barbette will offer a special four-course prix fixe menu that pairs with Drouhin Beaujolais Nouveau-Villages 2009. The meal will include caramelized onion pissaladiere with nicoise olives and chevre, butternut squash soup with lamb meatballs, braised red deer shanks or seared arctic char, and red wine-poached pears with mascarpone, pistachios, and lavender honey. […]
MoreThe crowd at Tour de Farm plus the event’s fingerling potato-lentil-trout salad and orecchiette with rabbit by Jason DeRusha, green posole soup with chicken by thedabble, and The Chef Shack’s battered chicken feet by katbaro.
MoreVirtually everyone in the MN food / Twitter world has been preoccupied with last night’s Twins game — @France44Cheese waved cheesecloth instead of a homer hanky, @KatieBips passed up the game to taste-test (and blog about) @The_Anchor_Mpls, @FlatEarthBrew announces that growler sales this week are today instead of the usual Thursday, @Doniree checks out popular […]
MoreSimple, Good, and Tasty recommends you become a food adventurer by eating something new, chowhounds discuss the best ethnic desserts around town, Well Fed Guide to Life hits Ginger Hop, Girl Friday loves the atmosphere and rockstar staff at OM, and Stephanie March reports that Landon Schoenefeld is leaving Sea Change to open Haute Dish […]
MoreBrau Brothers Brewing Company is hosting two beer-related events this weekend in Lucan, MN. On Friday, 6:30pm, at The BrauHaus, there’ll be a four-course dinner with beer pairings for $25. Call 507.747.2796 for reservations. On Saturday from 11am to 8pm, the brewery is throwing HopFest [PDF], a festival with beer, food, and live music. Admission […]
MoreCold temps and rain inspire loads of comfort food: Macaroni and cheese with mushrooms, barley minestrone soup, ratatouille and sausage pot pie with cornmeal biscuits, and easy home-baked bread.
MoreThink Anchor Fish & Chips looks intriguing from our review? Meet up with @TCFoodies tonight to try it out with like-minded people, @Oceanaire_Mpls ponders the nomenclature of the not-so-aptly named “oyster crackers,” @NSFoodsMemo’s report suggests that the popular boycott of @WholeFoods (due to the CEO’s controversial NYTimes Op-Ed piece) has driven up the company’s stock […]
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