Month: February 2010

Knife Skills, A Serial Novel – Part 36

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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February 5 Morning Roundup

Insight and reflection on the process of sitting shiva (and the eating that goes along with it), the handy City Pages month in review, a new caramel corn place and a new taco shop possibly opening across from Chatterbox Minneapolis, Aaron heads to Pizza Biga and gives it mixed marks, and a heartfelt review of […]

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A Valentine’s Challenge to Our Readers

Reader Zach writes: “Valentine’s day is fast approaching.  I am no fan of the holiday’s prix fixe menu, lackluster service, high expense, & suboptimal food.  I stay far away from Twin Cities restaurants on this evening – we traditionally cook from home. However this year, I have somehow convinced myself that a romantic, rustic, and […]

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February 4 Tweet Rodeo

This is why @RogueChocolate constitutes artisan chocolate, @KatieBips spares no one her opinion of cumin, @BrasaRotisserie promotes their Summit Maibock Release Celebration next Tuesday, @France44Cheese announces another new sandwich, and @OMminneapolis has only a few spots remaining for their upcoming cooking class.

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February 4 Morning Roundup

“Beer, Brats, and the Bard” provokes an editorial “really?,” a big ol’ list of restaurants with V-Day specials, the joy of pairing Surly’s CynicAle with Moroccan chicken, a nice writeup of our Bell Museum dinner (which is sold out!), remember Jell-O salads?, Cocoa & Fig makes a move (and partners with Bull Run Roasting), Nokomis […]

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