Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Minneapolis Restaurants are battling City Hall to defend lively outdoor dining conditions, Bill Roehl goes to a hilariously stupid multilevel marketing meeting about food at an Old Chicago, Trout Caviar talks bacon, the full list of FEAST proposals, Chowhounds rip Rice Paper to shreds for being overpriced, Twin Cities Food Tours is now offering Twin […]
MoreVodka cream sauce, bacon jam, pear cranberry turnovers, and bean and chorizo soup.
MoreLasagna soup, free range fruit-filled bundt cake, spinach puff pastry quiche, bacon blue cheese dip, killer salad, wine-braised pot roast, and honey chipotle pecans.
More@MetroMixTC recommends Lucia’s happy hour, @BullRunCoffee shows off its new coffee cart, @BlackDogStPaul schedules a busy night tonight, @WFMStPaul slashes the price of Humboldt Fog goat cheese for the weekend, and @TheSaltyTart sells maple bacon caramel rolls — yum!
MoreHuckleberry gin, muffins, and syrup; roasted blue potatoes with feta and parsley; a bacon, potato, green bean, and hamburger dish; and cream of chanterelle and sweet corn soup.
MoreHeavy Table’s James Norton and Becca Dilley paired up with City Pages’ Rachel Hutton in judging last weekend’s Bacon Takedown — a competition in bacon creativity. The winner was Jason Goux’s bacon S’mores with cherry wrapped bacon. Yum. Here’s the list of winners and contestants and Rachel has a brief write-up.
MoreSesame garlic edamame, brandied strawberry jam, steaks with herb butter, pepper jack and bacon muffins, and cooked carrot salad with toasted cumin dressing.
MoreCooks (professional and amateur) are invited to compete at the Twin Cities Bacon Takedown, July 18 4pm at O’Gara’s; participants will be given 15 pounds(!) of bacon with which to create. Email mtimms7@hotmail.com to enter.
More@FACESMearsPark enters the social media scene in anticipation of their June 24th opening, @SunStreetBreads taunts with promises of bacon biscuits at this weekend’s @KingfieldMarket, @Meritage_StPaul adds a plat du jour of frog legs to their weekly menu, and @SurdyksLiquor offers a pre-order option for Gioia Burrata.
More@MN_Food_Assn recruits for their next Community Work Day on Saturday, @HellsKitchenMN relocates this week’s installment of the Iron Bartender contest, @YoungChef2 voices his frustration on unsavory hiring practices, @MplsFarmMarket links to a decision-making aid in the neverending question (to eat or not to eat [bacon]?), and @France44Cheese hopes to stock the new @RogueChocolate single origin bar by the end […]
MoreScotch Shortbread with Pastureland Butter, a recipe for self love (totally safe for work), scratch falafel, green eggs and ham, baked Mexican rice, St. Joseph’s Day cream puffs, baked pasta with smoked mozzarella, and bacon-wrapped scallops.
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