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Original Coney Island Cafe Background and Morning Roundup
Rick does some straight-to-the-point Q&A, the somewhat convoluted story of St. Paul’s Original Coney Island Cafe, our non-winter / non-spring may hurt local maple syruping, and Madison’s Underground Food Collective announces a new restaurant called Forequarter.
MoreMaple Syrup A-Go-Go and Recipe Roundup
Meyer lemon honey yogurt tea cake, maple date smoothies / maple basil mustard / maple bacon strata, pickled crab and ramp chutney, some new takes on deviled eggs, cardamom sour cream waffles, and lemongrass bars.
MoreThe Year of Cheese and January 3 Tweet Rodeo
@Meritage_StPaul temporarily closes for a brief staff holiday, @SapsuckerFarms showcases their maple syrup bottling process, the always entertaining @France44Cheese declares 2011 the “Year of Cheese” (corresponding zodiac paper placemats, we assume, to follow), and @ScottPampuch celebrates a successful end to @TourdeFarm 2010.
MoreApril 1 Morning Roundup
The rumor mill churns on the fate of Zen in Uptown, a review of the newly available Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Chef Chris reflects on the whole “why don’t cooks get a tip?” question, and local maple syruping over at Trout Caviar.
MoreMarch 11 Tweet Rodeo
Rainy weather got you down? @VeloVeggies delivers in style, @ScottPampuch ponders television as a medium for sustainable food reform, @Finnegans announces the last day for pub crawl registration in St. Cloud and elsewhere, @HotDishBlog links to a cooking video for the “last frontier in nose-to-tail dining,” and @BergerBrands urges you to adopt a maple tree.
MoreFebruary 10 Recipe Roundup
Honeyed apple and turkey pot pie, chicken and mushroom fettuccine, Andes Mint brownies and an anti-Valentine’s tract, maple syrup muffins, Chili Colorado, and chicken and black bean stew.
MoreJanuary 13 Morning Roundup
Roseville is hosting a restaurant week, the perfect way to dispense messy real maple syrup, and Wisconsin Cheese Originals is offering a $2,500 scholarship to would-be Wisconsin artisan cheesemakers.
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September 21 Recipe Roundup
A zucchini pizza with cherry tomatoes and goat cheese, a beet gratin with yet more goat cheese, a red wine vinegar “mother,” and why you should put maple syrup in your coffee.
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A Founders Delight
Founders Brewing of Michigan makes an appearance at Stub & Herb’s on Wednesday, May 20. At 7pm, there will be a special tapping of a limited run Canadian Breakfast Stout, aged in barrels that have previously held whiskey… and, after that, maple syrup. It’s a 9.5% ABV bruiser.
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