Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Jason’s Deli, a Texas-based restaurant chain known for healthy food, is opening as many as 10 Twin Cities’ locations in the next five years, if you’re in a lavender mood, try some lavender strawberry lemonade, some fascinating background on the (locally created) walnut burger, the Well Fed Guide to Life podcasts from Barrio, coverage from […]
MoreA free and high-quality online organic gardening manual is available in PDF form, a photo essay on the Wild About You dinner (featuring the work of Heavy Table’s Becca Dilley) is online, and a profile of Richard Handeen and Audrey Arner of Moonstone Farm by Marianne Jurayj can be read on the Slow Food website.
More“Growing Our Own: Local Food Access Initiatives” takes place at the IATP at 2104 Stevens Ave. S in Minneapolis, Monday June 22 from 5:30-7pm. The focus will be on the Homegrown Minneapolis initiative and the lessons of the Victory Garden movement. Please RSVP by June 18 to Anne Walters at awalters@iatp.org or 612.870.3408. “Victory Gardens: […]
MoreIf you’re living in near Duluth or parts northward, beware of freeze-esque — or actually freezing — temperatures late tonight.
MoreThe first of Slow Food’s picnic seminars is coming up Sunday June 14, 4-7pm at Hidden Falls Park, St. Paul. Derek Hook will discuss container gardening, and Laura Frerichs of Loon Organics will discuss backyard gardening. Reservations, at $15 a ticket, are available here. Grilled food and a potluck picnic included.
MoreIf you’re growing food in the back yard, Paul Douglas at MinnPost suggests “if you have some plants poking up in your garden you want to keep around indefinitely you might want to cover them up (old newspaper will do just fine).” You may want to wait until after the storm, though. [via Secret Farm]
MoreLiz from Food Snobbery has her garden soil tested for lead — and the results come back sky high. A thought-provoking downer of a blog post.
MoreThe Randolph Mississippi Market plant sale starts tomorrow and continues through May 25, and will feature “hard-to-find heirloom varieties of tomatoes and a small selection of rare peppers grown exclusively for Mississippi Market.” Ramsey County Master Gardeners will answer gardening questions Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17 from noon to 3pm. And don’t forget […]
MoreA Crafty Lass makes some totally charming seedling pots out of newspaper, with the aid of an Amish-esque wooden gadget. If this doesn’t get you stoked to grow your spring garden, nothing will.
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