Our own Jim Norton explores the Kitchen Lab residency at the Walker’s Open Field, Bossy Acres announces a Big Veggie Potluck, Gail Rosenblum talks with Anousone Phanthavong’s family, love for Rudy’s Red Eye Grill in White Bear Lake, a bajillion beer events commemorating Belgian independence next week, also next week a Historic Pub Crawl in White Bear Lake, Rachel thinks Prairie Kitchen might rescue the Hyatt from dining purgatory, the Gray House is coming to the old Risotto spot in Lyn Lake (via mspmag.com), and, in the matter of Kosher-Keepers Around the U.S. vs. Hebrew National, Mordecai Specktor is summoned before a beit din.