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.
Two [exasperated] defenses of vegetarianism, a look at a local goat gouda, Minneapolis chef Chris Thompson makes an appearance on Rocco’s Dinner Party, Rick Nelson confirms that Jack Riebel is leaving the Dakota, and the recently closed Porky’s building is permanently relocated to the Little Log House Pioneer Village in Hastings.
MoreTomato jam, roasted strawberries with ginger, vanilla, and Pimms over ice cream, Charlie’s Cafe Exceptionale’s President’s Cocktail, a berry tart, Pizzeria Lola’s roasted cauliflower with Calabrian chilies, gluten-free sweet cherry scones, and sauerkraut brownies.
MoreA brief recap (including a cocktail recipe) of Monday night’s media launch event for Joia soda (note: we’ve tried the Niver’s drink; it’s a hit), a proposal to exempt small-time Wisconsin brewers from restrictive new legislation, pictures from this past Sunday’s Tour de Farm Chicknic, The Bachelor Farmer “soft opens” to much fanfare, and Lenny […]
More@commonroots offers a local saison flight, @brewhouse1 seeks another brewer, @finnegans seeks volunteers for the upcoming Irish Fair, a few spots remain for an August 24th Brau Bros. tasting at @PairingsBeer, and @WildeRoastCafe makes an appearance on the Kare 11 Today Show at 11:30.
MoreAn interview with New Glarus’ Dan Carey, Al’s Breakfast makes Esquire for the “best pancakes in America,” a salmonella outbreak in ground turkey, Mitch Omer starts a blog and offers ten (eleven) facts about himself, and Scott Pampuch makes a now-rare appearance representing Corner Table at next Thursday, August 11th’s People Serving People Chefs for […]
MoreGrilled romaine with blue cheese vinaigrette and grilled peaches with grand marnier cream, salt and pepper pancakes, garden vegetable frittata, sweet corn and bacon pizza, raspberry jam, and grilled peach and red pepper salsa.
MoreA visit to Old Sugar Distillery (read our profile here), the USDA’s Rural Cooperatives magazine profiles the Wedge’s warehouse / distribution system, the Mankato food guide to end all Mankato food guides, trouble at Homi leads a fan to urge more people to stop by, and the Dari-ette Drive-in held a party for their 60th […]
MoreTomato salad with red onion, dill, and feta, the corpse reviver, chili oil for cooking and chili oil for seasoning (yes, they’re different), ratatouille gratin, herby chicken skewers with cucumber mint yogurt dipping sauce, and fried zucchini blossoms.
MoreNew Blue Plate restaurant the Lowry’s opening is delayed (thus incurring additional cost) by government shutdown, Iggers covers a couple of beer dinners (including tonight’s six-course menu at Tracy’s), Kindred Kitchen’s food truck fundraiser gets rolling for next Thursday, Steph March profiles local snacks to help beat the heat, our own Jill Lewis (of “Take […]
MoreParasole chef Todd Bolton’s “Porcupine Sliders” win him a trip to the White House to meet with Michelle Obama, the Well Fed Guide to Life visits Scusi, more press for Saucy Burt’s plus an announcement of Minnesota’s first Food Truck Festival (to be held at Canterbury Park), a clash of local beer festival dates (unintentional, […]
MoreThe Daily Planet profiles the owners of the future Rye Deli — billed as Jewish comfort food, SG&T recruits for another crop mob at Riverbend Farm this weekend, some pretty sweet cooking utensil temporary tattoos, Esquire chats with local celebrity bartender Johnny Michaels, and a few tickets remain for the Taste of the Twin Cities […]
MoreZahtar out, Rare in — the Lifetime Fitness / [formerly] David Fhima brainchild is rebranded as “less Moroccan, more steakhouse;” Johnny Michaels voices his opinion on shandies and beer on the rocks — at times to interviewer Jason Ross’ chagrin, Iggers comments on age-appropriate eating out, the arboretum hosts a “toast and taste” event this […]
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