Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Month: November 2011
Minnesota Magazine Food Bloggers Win Big and November 4 Tweet Rodeo
@Victory_44 adds items to their menu, check out @FoxyFalafel’s catering menu, @Caribou_Coffee offers half priced grilled cheese sandwiches from 11am – 2pm on all Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in November, @NHalter lets us know that the Minneapolis City Council approved liquor licenses for @fultonbeer and for Kowalski’s to add a liquor store to its location […]
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Wisconsin Cheese Reigns Supreme and Morning Roundup
A second Lyndale Tap House is opening in Apple Valley (here’s our initial review), Wisconsin still leads the country in cheese production, a look at new cupcake contender Sweet Bebe Cakes, and a season-ending “thank you” from Bogart Loves.
MoreDonations for Check-ins and November 3 Tweet Rodeo
@MSPWineGuy considers the finer points of room service wine, @KitchenInTheMkt (smartly) continues to cultivate demand for food trucks throughout the winter, @youngchef2 comments on the importance of knowing how to butcher, @troutcaviar and @nytimesdining comment on the significance of good ingredients, and @The_Wedge donates $1 to the Groveland Food Shelf for every foursquare check-in in […]
MoreHell’s Kitchen Peanut Butter and Recipe Roundup
Hell’s Kitchen peanut butter, pan de muerto, creamy white chicken chili, grits, slow cooker picadillo, and sugar cookies.
MoreMojo Monkey and Morning Roundup
An account of roaming among the ghosts of North Dakota; the story of the Slow Pig festival in Madison, WI; details on the Maiden Minnesota event; Rick digs Mojo Monkey doughnuts; food trucks will appear in Kitchen in the Market during the winter months; Zagat rates the top local restaurants (upscale Euro-centric joints for the […]
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Fulton Brewery to Open November 18 and November 2 Tweet Rodeo
The latest from Twitter: @LaurieJKul plans to be one of many purchasing @fultonbeer growlers when their brewery opens on November 18, @surlybrewing is featured in @IncMagazine, @Crazy4Kale says goodbye to the @MplsFarmMarket, and @hotdishblog reports that Barrio will no longer use OpenTable and is instead switching to the local company Eveve.
MoreStamppot and Recipe Roudup
Stamppot (Dutch mashed potatoes with kale), challah with honey-rosemary butter, savory pull-apart bread, roast quail with dandelion pesto plus field mushrooms and hazelnuts, and biscuits with sausage and coffee gravy.
MoreBeer Pricing Mania and Morning Roundup
The brewmaster at Schell’s “go[es] wild” in defense of Surdyk’s pricing of Surly Darkness, food writer Mecca Bos will be helping to open the new deli Rye, a taste of peach-wood aged saison from Dave’s BrewFarm (also see our Dave’s BrewFarm profile), the verdict is out as to whether this new “Minnesota Burrito” hotdish T-shirt […]
MoreDarkness Cometh: Surdyk’s and Surly
Is craft beer a commodity priced to suit market demand? Or does it somehow transcend commodity status when it becomes a limited-edition release event, akin to a concert or sports playoff ticket? Some local beer fans fall into the second camp when it comes to the price of the coveted, limited-edition Surly Darkness at retailers. […]
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