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Chef Chris vs. Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Chef Chris Olson fires some high-caliber rhetorical rounds at a highly visible target: The Splendid Table. An amuse bouche for his case: “The program as a whole is too soft. Cooking is one of the most visceral things that we do. It is inherently a destructive process. We take vegetables and manipulate them with knives […]
MoreChef Chris’s Street Food Wrap-Up
Chef Chris Olson has a good wrap-up of yesterday’s hearing on street food in Minneapolis. A quote: “All in all, it was good to hear people at City Hall talking about changing the zoning regarding food trucks, but as the changes stand, I feel like it’s a watered down version of what could be a […]
MoreMarch 2 Morning Roundup
A profile of Joe Heron of Crispin Cider, baby goats from Harmony Valley Farm, and Chef Chris Olson and Heavy Table photographer Katie Cannon get quoted in the PiPress.
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February 2 Morning Roundup
Seward Co-op is doing a pet food drive for the pets, a local blogger gives the new Domino’s pizza a modest thumbs up, local homebrew insight into the apparent horror show of making lambic beer, reflections on an epic “cooking for a date” fail, Red Pepper is moving to Paris for five months and bringing […]
MoreA Heavy Table Dinner at the Bell Museum
The Heavy Table is teaming up with the Bell Museum of Natural History to present “From Open Flames to Sous Vide: The History Of Cooking in Five Courses” on Feb. 9 at 6:30pm. Chef Chris Olson (who cooks at Meritage and created Paired) presents an exploration of the evolution of cooking in five delicious courses, […]
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IKEA Turns Five…
…and Mediation is there. A video of the whole crazy buffet experience, featuring Taylor of Mediation, Claudia, and Chef Chris Olson (Paired, Corner Table). Plus, a clown.
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June 8 Morning Roundup
Anna from True Thai breaks down the difference between coconut milk and coconut juice, Bostonians romp through town and marvel at Kramarczuk’s brats, the giant beer cups at the Metrodome, and the amazing Jucy Lucy, The Four Firkins is doing a free Rogue tasting 6-8pm Tuesday June 9, Molly of AndrewZimmern.com questions the cost of […]
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