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Taste of the Nation, Minneapolis
Taste of the Nation — the anti-hunger food event featuring top chefs and restaurants — is coming to Hotel Minneapolis on Friday, June 12. Tickets start at $38. Features include a mixology duel between Johnny Michaels of La Belle Vie and Andrew Engebretsen of Bradstreet Crafthouse and food from restaurants such as Chambers Kitchen, Crave, […]
MoreMay 5 Morning Roundup
A Crafty Lass presents honey vanilla rhubarb, Simple Provisions takes a shellacking on Chowhound, La Belle Vie’s Tim McKee wins the Beard Award for Best Chef, Midwest, beating out Alma and 112 Eatery, Jiggers documents a terrifying-looking hippie food bus, the palak paneer sequel from Les Petites Images, Stewart Woodman isn’t going to simply take […]
MoreIt’s Your Money
For $110, you could attend “End Emotional or Mindless Eating,” a four-hour lecture/discussion at Seward Co-op to discover the root causes of mindless eating via self-reflection and self-awareness. Alternately, you could spend the exact same $110 to go La Belle Vie and have the Five Course Tasting Menu with wine flight, featuring lobster and salsify […]
MoreJames Beard Awards Update
The Best Chef, Midwest category has been narrowed down to Isaac Becker (112 Eatery), Tim McKee (La Belle Vie), Alexander Roberts (Alma), Gerard Craft (of Niche in St. Louis, MO) and Colby Garrelts (of Bluestem in Kansas City, MO). Breitbach’s Country Dining (of Sherrill, IA) gets an America’s Classic Award.
MoreFeb. 27 Morning Roundup
Food Service News tries the wicked-hot Dragon Wings at Brooklyn Park’s Girvan Grille, Mpls-St. Paul uses the word “panacean” in a write-up of brunch at The Strip Club, Metro touts “Beard cuisine for only fifty bucks” at La Belle Vie, which gives me a splitting headache for some reason, and Great Waters Brewing has a […]
More2009 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominations
Those who follow the gastronomic equivalent of the Oscars may find the following piece of information interesting: the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards semifinalists have been posted. A few Upper Midwestern rising (or shining) stars to consider… OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR Larry D’Amico and Richard D’Amico, D’Amico & Partners, Minneapolis OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT Lucia’s Restaurant, Minneapolis BEST NEW […]
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