Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Hell’s Kitchen co-owner Cynthia Gerdes, who was eviscerated by writer Andrew Zimmern in a recent online column for what he described as her opposition to a proposal to liberalize street food regulations in downtown Minneapolis, has released a statement lauding the expected passage of the proposal today. Her opening statement: “The moment our City Council […]
MoreA wrap-up of the “Andrew Zimmern fails to credit Chuck Terhark” angst tornado (Zimmern’s original zesty post now includes some juicy comments from the likes of Heartland’s Chef Lenny Russo) [via urbanfoodie, who also offers a meta-wrapup], Sea Salt opens this weekend, Downtown Journal looks at the rebranding of Finnegans, the gastronomic whirlwind lifestyle of […]
More… And we’re back. Cheese Underground’s five favorite new Wisconsin cheeses of 2009 (Hook’s 15-year cheddar deserves at least an honorable mention), Rick Nelson reviews the 2009 Twin Cities food scene, a head-to-head comparison of IKEA and Ingebretsen’s meatballs, insight into buying ethical dairy and eggs, adventures in worcestershire sauce, thoughts about Crescent Moon and […]
MoreGlobetrotter Andrew Zimmern manages to find a place with worse Thai food than the Twin Cities, and, hey, it’s in Thailand: “For the last week of the trip I was in Udon Thani, the only place I have ever been in Thailand where 99 percent of the food I ate was horrifically bad — poorly […]
MoreRachel reviews Anchor Fish and Chips, Thanksgiving sides by Katie, a video about the making of creamed honey, Edible Cities interviews Andrew Zimmern, Iggers tries and likes the grilled beef sandwich at Maashaa’allah restaurant, the old Rustica location memorialized, Simple, Good, and Tasty visits Thousand Hills Cattle Co., praise for the udon of Zen House […]
MoreWhy is coarse salt called “Kosher” salt? @TheEcofoodie links to a @Chow_COM article, @MarcusCooks reminisces on making svartsoppa (blood soup) in Sweden with his grandmother, @France44Cheese currently stocks a diverse selection of blue cheese, @FrankBruni responds to @TomSietsema’s query on the “perfect restaurant review” and the job of the food critic, and @AndrewZimmern just can’t […]
MoreA special $21 Home Run Porch ticket gets you into the Twins vs. Tigers game on Sep. 20 and into a pre-game party with Andrew Zimmern. Not sold? Special ticketholders get a Zimmern bobblehead, too. And while you’re shelling out ducats for Zimmernalia, you may as well pick up his new book: The Bizarre Truth […]
MoreAndrew Zimmern posts the new D’Amico Kitchen menu, which he confirms opens on the 24th of this month. (If you have Adobe Illustrator, you can see 6 or 7 old versions of the menu with varied pricing — whoops!) Better yet in the next paragraph, he links to the posting of tax delinquencies in the […]
MoreAndrew Zimmern is vending some new gear these days — including some chic-looking boar, cock, and cow T-shirts — and he was kind enough to send us a sample. If this boar shirt catches your fancy and you’re a robustly sized person (the size is XL), drop a comment below with your email or blog […]
MoreThe Star Tribune reports that the “once hot” downtown eatery Bellanotte is calling it quits. Whether Denny Hecker’s 51 percent ownership played a role is unclear, but one thing’s for sure: Andrew Zimmern saw this coming.
MoreAndrew Zimmern writes that within 48 hours of D’Amico Cucina closing, it’s announced that D’Amico is taking over the food service at the Chambers Hotel.
MoreA French menu over at Camacho Watcho’s cooking club, Tour de Farm butchers six pigs so that we might live, She Loves Me Cake from Heavenly Cake Place, kind words for us from Andrew Zimmern, Anna from True Thai stacks her food up against Applebee’s (calorie for calorie), Tastebud Tart tells you what the deuce […]
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