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Bacon Shortage and Morning Roundup
Rick loves Foxy, it’s a bad year for apples, Cowboy Slims rides off into the sunset, a look at the Better Beer Society, beer as urban renewal engine, GMO corn helped save (some of) the harvest, bacon shortage? (What?!) Iggers on The Kenwood and Gray House, more on the Folliard-Phillips food hub, and photos from […]
MoreA Big Win for Four Daughters and Morning Roundup
The newly established Four Daughters Winery takes the Governor’s Cup at the International Cold Climate Wine Competition (our profile on them here), the North Minneapolis hip hop tribute to Hot Cheetos & Takis that is burning up the interwebs, the story behind American Cheese Society award-winning Deer Creek cheddar, details on Andrew Zimmern’s awesome-sounding State […]
MoreU-Pick Strawberries and Morning Roundup
Masu Sushi & Robata‘s new MOA location is seeking cooks and sushi chefs, tasting notes for Boom Island’s Thoprock (here’s our profile of the brewery), Rick Nelson rounds up U-pick strawberry farms, a preview of Northgate Brewing of Northeast Minneapolis, St. Paul’s hot-dog eating champion, Rachel assesses the right number of “mini” farmers markets, and […]
MoreThe Farewell-Until-2012 Morning and Recipe Roundup
A neighborhood tour of Victory (home to Victory 44 and more), an intriguing brown bag blind beer tasting by the Better Beer Society, Christmas chicken galantina, Christmas kale, tailgate beer cheese dip, Wisconsin cheese gougeres, vegan banana bread, Christmas chocolate biscuits, and Christmas Kringler. And that’s it for the Churn (except, perhaps, for breaking news) […]
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