Minnesota State Fair

March 24 Morning Roundup

Nalapak Indian restaurant closes (temporarily…?) [via Chowhound], a passionate call for just drinking from the damn tap already, Rachel does a happy hour roundup, Martha and Tom get back to the garden, it’s Våffeldagen (Waffle Day!) at the Swedish Institute on Saturday, chicken-fried bacon is coming to the State Fair (just five months, folks), some […]

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September 10 Morning Roundup

CHOW.com’s James Norton (AKA yours truly) reviews MN State Fair eats via video, Bill Roehl expands on the bizarre saga of Apple Valley Liquor Store #3 and reviews Perron’s Sul Lago in Prior Lake, a recipe for espresso BBQ sauce (which Q Fanatic does wonderfully), and Rachel digs Butcher Block and traces its I Nonni […]

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September 4 Morning Roundup

The coolest photos of broccoli romanesco you’ll see this month (looks like magnified pollen or something… very fractal!), meditations on corn (baby, fried cakes, and more) from Anna of True Thai, photos from the newly opened Grand Szechuan in Bloomington, mango hot sauce and a great photo from A Crafty Lass, campfire pizza in a […]

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September 3 State Fair Roundup

Seems like we gotta run out of State Fair stuff soon, right? Not quite yet: Cafe Cyan wraps up Minnesota Cooks at the State Fair and her Fair food tour, Rick Nelson’s Top Ten bites from the Fair, and via our Flickr pool: funnel cakes, idyllic caprese on a stick, and Gizmo sandwiches awaiting baking […]

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September 2 State Fair Roundup

Rachel challenges herself to eat local at the Fair (harder than it looks!), plus the five best, worst, and most overrated Fair items via City Pages, Simple, Good, and Tasty’s Tracy Morgan explores bees and honey at the State Fair (no, not that Tracy Morgan), parts one and two of the Well Fed Guide to […]

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