Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Tom (of the consistently excellent local blog Martha and Tom) ponders baking guru Peter Reinhart’s technique of delayed fermentation, runs a test, snaps photos, and issues a verdict. Reinhart is a master of his art, and it’s highly entertaining (and educational) to see one of his key theories so thoughtfully scrutinized.
MoreIf you still harbor nostalgia for the Jell-O shots of youth, @CHOW_com provides a quirky Halloween party recipe, @SB_Food reports on Iron Chef Morimoto’s declaration that “sushi is recession-proof,” @T_McKee cooks for Joe Biden, @ChefShack1 (thus far nominated many a time for our Silver Whisk Award) is winding down their farmers market season, @KatieBips is […]
MoreBrian Fredericksen from Ames Farm writes: “Our long awaited Prairie Spy & Victory heirloom apples are ripe and available at the Minneapolis Farmers Market both days this weekend. Prairie Spy: This old fashioned but complex apple has an unusual texture and spectacular flavor as a cooking or cider apple. Its an extremely finicky apple to […]
MoreLift Bridge beer is the not-so-secret ingredient for some delicious-sounding new sausages at Brine’s in Stillwater, Dara’s looking for a few good chefs to do some good works, reflections on teaching cooking classes, and some cool apple pie tips and tricks. The vodka thing really helps.
MoreChino Latino‘s “Hot Zone Halloween” will feature French Toast of the Dead, Chupacabra’s Delight goat barbacoa tacos, and — big points here — “Hello Ventricle” Japanese chicken heart skewers. If you’ve never had chicken hearts before, they — for better or worse — taste pretty much as you’d expect.
MoreBrussels sprouts with bacon and garlic, smoky cayenne shepherd’s pie (and a call to fight pancreatic cancer), and apple, brie, and sweet salty praline quesadillas.
MoreCoffee classes aren’t just for baristas — @PeaceCoffee leads a free class at @JustFoodCoop this Saturday, @ArtisanBreadIn5 posts a simple apple-ham-blue cheese pizza recipe for all those fresh-from-the-orchard apples, @HotDishBlog appraises new NYTimes food critic Sifton’s first review and savors the new D’Amico Kitchen’s chicory-frisée-prosciutto-fig-buffalo mozz salad, @OMMinneapolis promotes their Diwali dinner this Saturday, @The_Wedge […]
MoreThe St. Paul-based co-operative grocer Mississippi Market marks 30 years of providing local and organic food to the Twin Cities this week. Huzzah! For a list of events, check out the Heavy Table calendar.
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