More on Paired
More gorgeous shots of Paired over at Les Petites Images. And find the Heavy Table’s full set of images over in our Flickr pool.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
James Norton
James Norton is editor and co-founder of the Heavy Table. He is also the co-author of Lake Superior Flavors, the co-author of a book about Wisconsin’s master cheesemakers, and a regular on-air contributor to Minnesota Public Radio.
Attention Cheeseheads
A new Wisconsin cheese organization, Wisconsin Cheese Originals, has just launched. Founded by writer Jeanne Carpenter, the group is aiming to showcase original Wisconsin cheeses and cheesemakers; its first big event is a cheese festival at Madison’s Monona Terrace, Nov. 6-7.
MoreBehold the Merriam Park Blucy
This Tuesday, the Blue Door Pub takes the Jucy Lucy war to the next level: they’re introducing a Lucy stuffed with bleu cheese, garlic, and bacon and topped with red currant jelly. Crazy and/or crazy like a bacon-covered fox.
MoreMar. 2 Morning Roundup
“Delicious, nutty, buttery,” says Johnny Northside in a basically stomach-churning but interesting post about eating silk worm pupae, We Got Served rocks Be’wiched, The A Perfect Pint Beer Club is planning a malt-focused meetup on Mar. 21 ($20), MNBeer touts a Blue Nile Moylan’s and Lion tasting, and Iggers hits the Seward Co-op hot deli.
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Jan’s Chow Mein For Sale
$80,000 and a montly rent of $1,600 gets you this hole-in-the-wall Chinese joint at 2924 Chicago Ave South. Somebody — and it may have to be us — should do a long story on the ecology of the Cities’ many, little, interchangable Chinese restaurants that just keep soldiering on. And does anybody still eat chow […]
MoreWine Rack Fire Sale
Cost Plus World Market is having a fixtures fire sale at six locations — tables, barrels, wine rack shelving, and more. More information at the Craigslist post, including details on locations (Bloomington, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Roseville, Woodbury, Rochester.) The liquidation supervisor has more details: 267.374.8518.
MoreFlak Radio at Midtown Global Market
Flak Radio (featuring Heavy Table editor James Norton) plays Midtown Global Market this Sunday at 4:30pm. The theme is culinary: baker/blogger Brett Laidlaw (Real Bread and Trout Caviar) and Jill Marckel of Chase Brook Farm Market will be on the show. Music by Chastity Brown.
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Feb. 27 Morning Roundup
Food Service News tries the wicked-hot Dragon Wings at Brooklyn Park’s Girvan Grille, Mpls-St. Paul uses the word “panacean” in a write-up of brunch at The Strip Club, Metro touts “Beard cuisine for only fifty bucks” at La Belle Vie, which gives me a splitting headache for some reason, and Great Waters Brewing has a […]
MoreThe Blue Door’s Fish Tacos
The Blue Door Pub in St. Paul is alluding to its Puerta Azul roots by taking a more Latino approach to its Lenten menu on Fridays. Namely, fish tacos: “Homemade breaded tilapia and fresh pico de gallo combined with our very own chipotle ranch sauce.”
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