The Taste of Grass-Fed Beef
“Is it sacrilegious to not care for grass-fed beef?” asks one of our commenters, remarking on an item about Thousand Hills Cattle Co. Anyone care to make a case for the way grass-fed beef tastes, pro or con?
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Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Month: October 2009
October 19 Recipe Roundup
Braised brussels sprouts with curly kale chips, spicy calvados apple sauce, crock pot ribs, smoky black bean tacos with garlicky greens, sauerkraut, buttery sea salt and balsamic vinegar caramels, Hungarian jam crescents, borek with squash leaves, apple and smoked gouda turnovers, and smoky sweet potato-turkey soup.
MoreOctober 19 Tweet Rodeo
Would you rather have five chickens or two cows? @YoungChef2 wants to know, @GiveRecipe provides a recipe for lahmacun, @LiftBridge invites you to Wednesday’s Beer Fest Dinner, @Oceanaire_Mpls points out that it’s stone crab season (and they’ve got ’em!), and @JacksonHollow provides @JuneDee with a sourdough starter recipe, as well as some tricks of the […]
MoreOctober 19 Morning Roundup
Eating Animals does the math and figures that even the world’s happiest cows (like those at Thousand Hills) cause environmental damage, TC Restaurant Blog has a crash-and-burn experience at The Strip Club, Red Pepper picks up on OM’s noisy club vibe and hates the hell out of it, Mecca’s got insight into Landon Schoenfeld’s upcoming […]
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Fine Vegetarian Dining For My Boyfriend’s Birthday
Andrea writes: “I want to take my boyfriend someplace really nice for his birthday. It needs to be fine dining (well, at least fancy) that is vegetarian friendly and ideally, local food-centric. I’d also like it to be REALLY, REALLY cozy and romantic. Please help!” She also mentions having tried Barbette (not enough vegetarian options) […]
MoreOctober 16 Recipe Roundup
“The Japanese cocktail is [a] liquid attack of spinal meningitis. It is loaded with knock-kneed mental ceramics, and is apt to make a man throw stones at his grandfather,” roasted vegetable salad with fried goat cheese, Jimmy’s Lentil Soup, and both Israeli and Sriracha shakshuka.
MoreOctober 16 Flickr Photo Roundup
Spanakopita, vegetarian chili, and Basque-style potato leek soup by troy gallas, swirly nutella loaf by jwannie, an artful McDonalds by 12story, a Thanksgiving table setting by thedabble, and chai-brined pork chops by katbaro.
MoreKnife Skills, A Serial Novel – Part 20
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 […]
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