Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Own an espresso machine? Try making one of @CHOW_com’s seasonal lattes, score a free happy hour beverage from the @BarbetteMpls / @BryantLakeBowl / @RedStagNE trifecta if you’re their Four Square mayor, @MSPMag links to Zimmern’s lemon pound cake recipe, @JamButter compares the way we cook today to 1985, and @France44Cheese hosts Colin of Rogue Chocolatier […]
MoreTired of the same old pumpkin pie? Try @ZoeBakes’ pumpkin brioche recipe, @MotoI2Go offers a gift card value deal that, if you really like Moto-i, is pretty worthwhile, @GrassFedCattle has one package of beef brisket available, @MplsFarmMarket links to an intriguing recipe for turkey with bacon-herb butter and cider gravy, and @BarbetteMpls concludes its special […]
MoreTasty sandwich or ailment-inducing nosh? @ZacharyCohen links to a brief rumination on the versatility of tuna, @LocalDLish has been hard at work on their website and wants you to check it out, @MetroMixTC wants you to save Thanksgiving Eve for “turkey bowling” at the Chambers / D’Amico, @Rick_Bayless tells the ideal temperature for the perfect […]
MoreHaven’t picked up Mitch Omer’s cookbook “Damn Good Food” yet? @TangledNoodle posts the ever-popular Hell’s Kitchen Bison Sausage Bread recipe, @NgonBistro has a cask full of @LiftBridge Chestnut Hill, @GingerHop_NE offers a free bottle of wine tomorrow with the purchase of two entrees, @BrasaRotisserie announces their @SurlyBrewing Smoke release party via @MNBeer, and @BarbetteMpls hosts […]
MoreFrom Nov. 19-23, Barbette will offer a special four-course prix fixe menu that pairs with Drouhin Beaujolais Nouveau-Villages 2009. The meal will include caramelized onion pissaladiere with nicoise olives and chevre, butternut squash soup with lamb meatballs, braised red deer shanks or seared arctic char, and red wine-poached pears with mascarpone, pistachios, and lavender honey. […]
MoreThe rationale for picking 23 pounds of blueberries, the Well Fed Guide to Life visits perennial favorite Barbette just in time for Bastille Day, photographs from the University of Minnesota Farmers Market, an interview with the director of FRESH, Ana Sophia Joanes, and Homemade Cafe in Pepin, WI gets a shout from Rick.
MoreTroy takes a deep breath after kneecapping Red Stag and Prohibition Lounge and lavishes some praise on Black Sheep, get your tickets now for KBEM’s fund-raising dinner at Barbette [via Iggers], a q&a with Trattoria Tosca Chef Adam Vickerman over at City Pages, and Dara rounds up where to eat frog legs (Cave Vin) and […]
MoreChris Olson, of Paired and Chris Eats, is out at Barbette. No word yet on a next move.
MoreChris Olson of Paired and Barbette writes a brief, totally on point, and fascinating piece about how Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts sells itself on TV and how the real world actually treats its graduates. Hard-edged realism about the industry, minus rancor, bitchiness, or cynicism.
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