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A Detroit Chowhound’s Impressions and Morning Roundup
Notes on the first day in the kitchen for a team of new chefs at Technique, a visit to Magic Thai in Eagan, tasting notes for Town Hall Brewery Witbier, and a detailed report from a visiting Detroit-area Chowhound (thumbs up for Tilia and Broders’, down for Punch, and a ranking of Rustica, Patisserie 46, […]
MoreDunn Bros Turns 25 and July 2 Tweet Rodeo
The latest from Twitter: Today @dunnbroscoffees turns 25 years old, @localdlish shares the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library’s roster of outdoor films for food lovers, @kopplins is selling Rustica goodies for July 4, and @amck’s got some advice for @ButcherandBoar’s late-night practices.
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Hot Times in Wisconsin and Morning Roundup
Governor Walker is (reportedly) booted from a Madison restaurant (the Merchant) after being booed by other patrons; Whiskey on Water in Princeton, WI bans political talk (at least until things cool down); wine maven Dara gears up for far too much vino at the Food & Wine Experience; a reasonable case for Rustica being the […]
MoreReview Restaurants (and Lose Weight), and Morning Roundup
Favor Cafe will be replaced by a place called Brasa Viva Brazil (no, not that Brasa), how to lose 80 pounds a year while reviewing hundreds of Madison-area restaurants (and our profile of said reviewer), the Well Fed Guide to Life visits Sakana Sushi, a profile of the dog behind Pizzeria Lola (our review’s here), […]
MoreBread-Baking and Morning Roundup
Martha and Tom prove that baking bread at a reasonable hour is possible in spite of a day job, 20.21 plans a Saracina wine dinner, The Well-Fed Guide to Life hosts their third annual listener’s choice awards, a Perennial Plate episode on Rustica — and homemade bread pudding, and positioning yak as a viable food […]
MoreCranberry Galettes and the Morning Roundup
City Pages chats with Rustica’s Steve Horton (and gets his recipe for a cranberry galette), an organizational miracle for the average tea drinker, a visit to Roma in Willernie, MN, Dara’s synopsis of the Cake Eater situation, and A Perfect Pint reviews the Great Lakes Eliot Ness amber lager.
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Kickstarting the Donut Cooperative and Morning Roundup
Andy Sturdevant exhorts us to support the Donut Cooperative’s Kickstarter campaign, Zimmern interviews Andrew Miller of Cafe Imports (he drinks coffee at Dunn Bros, Kopplin’s, Black Sheep Coffee Cafe, and Rustica), Rachel reviews First Avenue’s Depot and Twisted Fork (here’s our review of Twisted Fork), another Furthermore barn party tonight in Spring Green, WI, Heartland’s […]
MoreJune 22 Morning Roundup
Rachel previews D’Amico’s Parma 8200, a 100-year-old cheese plant gets a new lease on life in Wisconsin, Bill Roehl is blown away by Fogo de Chao, can we please have a moratorium on “what happens in X stays in X” headlines, Simple Good and Tasty is going national, behold the 128 Cafe food truck, and […]
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