Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will proclaim this Saturday, May 22, as Minneapolis Farmers Market Appreciation Day. The day celebrates the market’s 230 vendors and its role in achieving the goals of the city’s Homegrown Minneapolis program. From 8-9am at Market Square (312 E. Lyndale Ave. N), the Fresh & Local radio show broadcasts live on […]
More@Joes_Garage offers an all-night happy hour (tonight only!), @TownTalkDiner encourages support for their contestant at an iron bartending competition this Sunday, @HotDishBlog notes that local, grass-fed beef is now available at Target, @CooksCrocusHill seeks assistants for their Edina cooking classes, and @MplsFarmMarket continues to seek city permission to sell street food on Nicollet Mall.
More@YoungChef2 gauges interest for cooking classes and demos at @LaBelleVie_MN, @BlackCatNatFood rejoices over early local rhubarb, @ModernCafeMpls comments on some computer system problems, @SimpleGoodTasty hosts their next event at @GalacticPizza — with free appetizers, and @MplsFarmMarket hosts even more local growers than ever.
MoreThis just in: ghost pepper wings = “scalding pain,” Peace Coffee is delivered by bike or biodiesel vans (neat!), pizza inventor wanted [via Chris], Rachel reviews Sea Change, the Dara / Ruth Reichl event is sadly scotched in the wake of Gourmet’s folding, $100 in market bucks for the winner of the Minneapolis Farmers Market […]
MoreThe Minneapolis Farmers Market series “Sunday Cooks” kicks off this Sunday at 10:30am. TC Jewfolk columnist and blogger Sara Rice will demonstrate how to make a meal for Sukkot, the Jewish harvest holiday, using vegetables, herbs, and meat from the market.
MoreWhat does Tim McKee’s much awaited Sea Change serve for a grand opening? @AmandaHankerson photographed the spread, while @CookingWithKARE shares a recipe for sautéed sea scallops. @Rick_Bayless spouts off a tantalizing assortment of new courses for the menu of his Chicago restaurant Topolobampo (a little cooking inspiration, perhaps?), @MplsFarmMarket promotes its new Tuesday Evening Market […]
MoreOver on Simple, Good, and Tasty, Fresh and Local host Susan Berkson explains and champions the Minneapolis Farmers Market against those who would knock it down for hosting some vendors who sell non-local food. A brief slice: “We are in an under-served neighborhood. A neighborhood without food security. Without us, there would be no fruits […]
MoreJoining up with the Minneapolis Farmers Market this Saturday: Blue Gentian Farm of New Richmond, WI, offering grass-fed Scottish Highland beef, Saint Croix lamb, Berkshire pork, Bourbon Red heritage turkey, free range chickens, and farm fresh brown eggs.
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