Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
“Good restaurants beget other good restaurants,” opines Rick Nelson while writing about Acqua Restaurant and Wine Bar, Lift Bridge is putting its Crosscut Pale Ale in bottles, Schumacher’s in New Prague is reportedly back up and running, Shefzilla is throwing a pre-Thanksgiving bash at Sunny’s Bar and Grill, photos of a Punch pizza oven being […]
MoreIt’s zombie season — to celebrate, pick up a $3 “dead” pizza at @PunchPizza! @AsherBMiller promotes tonight’s 20.21 Wine Dinner, @LucyWaverman posts a recipe for her favorite sauce to “serve with everything,” @CommonRoots is hiring, @StephMarch follows the tournament of cookbooks on food52, and @SeriousEats shares a recipe for a ridiculously recession-proof (yet non-ramen) meal.
MoreBill Roehl disembowels Molly Cool’s Seafood Tavern (“disgusting,” “a huge disappointment,” “ruined by sauces and blackening spices,” and more), a new fro-yo place called Frulala is on the way, arctic char is hot right now, a photo of the new Barrio truck, Hungry in SW tackles the topic of local restaurant marketing and offers praise […]
MoreSome upcoming classes on gluten-free sweets, soups, and salads from Food Snobbery, a wild rice primer (plus wild rice soup) at Green Your Plate, Rachel reports that Punch Pizza is coming soon to the U, Anna from True Thai describes the True Thai menu items most popular with her strongest, fittest clientele, and bloggers weigh […]
MoreSpurred by an intriguing discussion via tweets, @ZacharyCohen rolls out a list of ways to create a “sustainable food tipping point,” @PunchPizza asks for your advice regarding last night’s Highland Park coupon predicament, @Peace_Coffee recommends Academy Award nominee The Garden, @HyperLocavore tries a new crepe combination, and @ChefShack1 promises a “farmers salad” this weekend at […]
MoreSun-dried tomatoes can be expensive — make your own! @CookingUpAStory links to a how-to, @KatieBips recommends the stone-ground 70% dark chocolate on sale at @SurdyksLiquor, @PunchPizza posts another free pizza coupon (Wednesday night only), @BouchonFor2 tries a longan and prosciutto pairing, and @ZacharyCohen wishes a Happy Labor Day to the hard-working farmers of the world.
MoreAll that local sweet corn is finally in season, and @ShackAttacks uses it to create an unconventional sweet corn ice cream for the Kingfield Market, @TownTalkDiner is keeping busy with a Bombay Sapphire competition tomorrow night and a going away party on Wednesday for Nick and Patrick that promises to be a “booty shaker,” @BurgerJones […]
MorePunch is offering free Surly Bitter Brewer beer to customers who buy a pizza, starting Thursday, June 11 [via MNBeer].
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