Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
The daughter of an artist and a music teacher, Maja spent much of her childhood traveling the country in a rusty old van, attempting to model all of her father’s salable jewelry at the same time, and sampling the many edibles available both on the road and at the art fairs they visited. Though she now lives in Minneapolis, the coffee addiction and love for food that she picked up en route to one of their many destinations never left her. Between marketing work in the medical device industry and poring over the Harvard Business Review, she can typically be found holed up in her kitchen, baking bread every weekend and experimenting in between.
@SPClassicCookie offers a dozen free cookies for some social media love, @SurdyksLiquor announces the upcoming NE Neighborhood Pumpkin Grab, @ModernCafeMpls promotes Thursday’s Ritz Theater benefit, @PerennialPlate jumps on the @TravailKitchen bandwagon, @TCFOODFINDS jokes about starting a “Whino” group, and @France44Cheese offers a free brownie for the St. Paul Cheese Shop mayor on Foursquare.
More@CafeCyan makes a pumpkin spice latte (this one will beat the syrup-loaded Starbucks version any day), @Princetons offers Deschutes six packs on sale for their beer of the month, @PerennialPlate makes apple cider sans the traditional press — yes, it’s doable, @SewardCoop launches P6 locally, and @France44Cheese seeks advice for cooking eggs sous vide.
MoreAttention experienced pastry cooks: need a job? If so, @PastryDiane and @YoungChef2 may be looking for you (as @DeRushaEats points out, you’d work with one of the best); @Northern_Brewer offers a discount on a few wine kits, today is Free Pint Friday at @BurgerJones, and @The_Wedge and @SewardCoop announce that GT Dave’s kombucha is back on […]
More@Chowgirls offers to make a mutually beneficial trade for your unwanted tomatoes, @HeidisMpls seeks a bartender, @DeRushaEats eats his words, @SorellaWines starts their fall wine sale, and @FACESMearsPark explains the detour into the restaurant.
MoreOven fries with herbs and pecorino cheese, pumpkin scones with walnuts and chocolate, marinated pork chops, squash and green bean curry, Thai chickpeas and other pressure cooker experiments, and cider braised country-style ribs and butternut squash.
MoreAre you bald, or willing to become so… today? If so, your food is free at any of the Blue Plate restaurants (Edina, Longfellow, and Highland Grills, Groveland Tap, and Three Squares), G. Sheaves shares a few Italian wine picks, Bill gives Jake’s City Grill in Eagan a resounding “blah,” Rachel gripes about gri.pe (with […]
More@Judalicious posts a cocktail recipe for “the white lady,” @SummitBeer publicizes an upcoming beer dinner at @TheHappyGnomeMN, @SugarSugarCandy closes early this Friday, @Celebr8nGenr8n recommends making lingonberry wine, @DeRushaEats is weirded out by a kitchen (and no, it’s not just any kitchen), and @Smack_Shack plans a lobster boil for next week.
MoreCarrot and beet salad with ginger vinaigrette; pork chops with apple marmalade, red onion, and mashed potatoes; jam, marshmallow, and coconut bars; sausage and bean soup; easy peasy quesadillas; and a grilled salmon salad with avocado, eggs, and mustard vinaigrette.
MoreThe best part of October — beyond Halloween — is Oktoberfest! The Muddy Pig’s version will be in full swing next Wednesday at 5pm, when $20 gets the first 36 people a liter of beer plus a ceramic stein to keep; Amy learns the (really) hard way that she hates cardoons, a recap of this […]
MoreA suggestion to “reconsider walnuts,” Iggers raves about Travail (the gastropub we briefly previewed in August has become quite the media darling of late, between Dara’s charcuterie recommendation and Rachel’s review), St. Paul Grill adopts throwback prices, Michelle Gayer and the Salty Tart are “in” (though this writer would contend that the Salty Tart’s reputation […]
MoreCaptain’s Chair compiles a praise-filled roundup of Minnesota fresh hop ales, a massive Wisconsin-grown pumpkin, Perennial Plate covers the increasingly popular crop mob phenomenon, a recommendation to learn the Heimlich maneuver (yes, it can come in handy — even if you don’t have a school-aged child), Mississippi Market hosts a quinoa how-to class on Friday, […]
More@TCFOODFINDS wants to see an increase in neighborly cookie-baking, @MplsFarmMarket shares a “mystery melon,” @WannaBangkok announces a few remaining seats for their Polynesian Tiki Dinner, @EatWSK1 whets the palate for today’s debut of the “chino borrito,” speaking of “whet” — @SurlyBrewer is now packaging “Wet,” and @FEASTmpls plans their next event.
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