Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
The latest from Twitter: @FoxyFalafel’s got a food truck, @hautedish shows off a bright Jell-O salad, the Pioneer Press features new business @cakedycandybar, and @Labellevie_mn is hiring a host.
MoreThe latest from Twitter: @Peace_Coffee has a few spots left in their Mastering Coffee at Home class this weekend, @Nate_Dogs approves of @chemlabgoddess’s day of food truck dining, @FreshTartSteph congratulates @hautedish and @SaffronMpls on being nominated for Food & Wine‘s Best New Chef, and @MNBeer wonders which restaurants have Minnesota-specific beer lists.
MoreAmerica’s Test Kitchen heads to Hibbing in search of porketta; Zimmern trumpets the (as of yet unconfirmed) exodus of Dara from Minnesota Monthly to MSP Mag; photo outtakes from our Silver Whisk profile of Chef Alejandro Castillon of Sonora Grill; the almost invariably positive Southwest Journal writes that Eat Street Social “disappoints”; chefs from Travail, […]
MoreTravail gets a Strib spotlight as part of the paper’s Great Chefs series; Nation’s Restaurant News profiles Culver’s; a wedding cheese cake (or: a cake of cheeses); details on the 2012 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison; some complaints about the sale of Crispin Cider to Miller; and HauteDish can’t be thrilled that “the North […]
MoreWCCO does a nice write-up of the upcoming North Coast Nosh, a look at urban farming, wackjobs “warn” about the “dangers” of Wisconsin cheese (nature’s perfect food), METRO visits the Gopher Bar — “Manliest Restaurant” in America according to Men’s Health (we got there a while back, and our illustrated review is a hell of […]
MoreA major study is underway to determine the state’s water quality standards for protecting wild rice, praise for Haute Dish, Minnesota’s organic farms had a good 2010, kind words for the BBQ at C.G. Hooks Eatery in White Bear Lake, Rachel liked the ambiance better than the food at Kinsen Noodles (we liked both), and […]
MoreClimate change could spell doom for the cisco fish of Wisconsin, City Pages examines what happens when Kickstarter food businesses don’t follow through (ala the long-struggling but soon-to-open Donut Cooperative), how to cook the perfect green bean and how to perfectly overcook a green bean, Mount Horeb, WI (home of the Grumpy Troll brewpub) is […]
MoreCHOW.com’s 16-chef bracket contest for 2011 Innovator includes a duel that pits Sameh Wadi against Mike Brown and James Winberg of Travail, Lee Svitak Dean gives the MOA location of America’s Next Great Restaurant (Soul Daddy) a mixed review and a Chowhound likes it even less, a fun review of the super-unpretentious Wang’s Restaurant in […]
MoreFood & Wine tips HauteDish, Sea Change, and Travail in its People’s Best New Chef: Midwest list, Rachel heads out to Jack’s and People’s Organic cafes, another hat tip for Sub Rosa (here’s our story on the dinner series), smoking could be returning to local bars that sell food, the First National Green Room is […]
MoreA great profile of Common Roots, WCCO visits the state lutefisk capital of Madison, Dara assesses Whisky Park (“I’m glad for any downtown venue offering good scotch at happy hour prices”), a new Barrio has opened in Edina, HauteDish is tapping a crazy amount of dark beers for the solstice, and a snowman cheeseball.
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