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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.
If you care about Minnesota beer, you’re probably a fan of “Land of Amber Waters,” the definitive history of brewing in the Gopher State. This Monday (Mar. 2), author Doug Hoverson will be at The Four Firkins, sampling some beers and chatting with all and sundry. Worth a visit.
MoreThe Eastside Food Coop “Fair Trade 101, A Consumer’s Guide to Fair Trade” event has been rescheduled t0 Thursday, March 26, due to… well, look outside.
MoreA call placed to the not-quite-open Vietnamese-inspired eatery Bun Mi reveals that they’re shooting for an end-of-March opening, and plan to offer both traditional Vietnamese dishes and bahn mi sandwiches as well Korean BBQ and lemongrass chicken. Sounds like a place worth watching… [Originally: Hang Tight for Bun Mi Dinkytown. Thanks to Anne for the […]
More[Via KARE 11]: The non-profit Twin Cities Consumers’ Checkbook investigates aggregate grocery prices in the Twin Cities and finds out that a) shopping at Wal-Mart saves you a ton of money, b) the produce, service and meat are lousy at Wal-Mart, and c) although Lunds and Byerly’s are expensive, they’re awesome on the quality and […]
MoreBittersweet “Roseville coffee shop for sale” Craigslist posting… “This is my wife’s coffee shop. The company I work for is very possibly relocating me to another region and my family has to be ready to move when the time comes.”
More[Via Kathie Jenkins]: The downtown St. Paul location of Milio’s (400 Robert St. N., Suite 110) is with us no more. Speaking as a dude who used to eat Big Mike’s Super Subs for lunch almost every afternoon during high school, this is a sad day.
MoreZimmern comments on the Beard Award nominees (re: Lucia’s: “…her eatery isn’t even in my top five for best local restaurants”), the local Chowhounds dig into the mysterious Italian pepper and egg sandwich, Stewart “Shefzilla” Woodman reports 300 applicants for a single dish position (yikes), Jimmy John’s drags the word “rockstar” into an Orwellian sewer […]
MoreEditor’s Note: Tian Jin is now closed. It’s hard not to feel as though you’re getting hoodwinked nearly every time you eat Chinese food in this country. The flavors are washed out, simple, cloying or one-dimensionally hot. There’s no damned way one of the oldest and most magnificently complicated civilizations in the world came up […]
MoreAnnona Gourmet is hosting Chef Ron Combs (Elegancia Catering and Cooks of Crocus Hill) this Saturday, Feb. 28, at 1pm, for a demonstration of kickass upscale vinaigrettes. Featured: lemon garlic aioli, oregano vinaigrette, and more.
MoreThere’s “thoughtfully prepared” London-style “comfort” fare at Cheeky Monkey deli, or so says Rick Nelson. We’ll see about that. Check Heavy Table’s Twitter account this afternoon for an update or two, and look out for Lori Writer’s review tomorrow.
MoreOver at Mediation, Taylor is planting the seed for the buying of a churro-maker at Hockenbergs. The post is sort of like a brief one-act play about kitchen supply stores.
MoreThe 614 Washington Ave. S.E. Espresso Royale has shut down, leaving two other locations still operating in Minneapolis. The company website’s description of the location: “…the company’s only cafe run entirely by its crew. And who said socialism never works?” Erk. Apparently the free market did, in this case.
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