Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
A good rundown of local affordable eats, the Saffron food truck World Street Kitchen will become a restaurant in Uptown (at 28th and Lyndale) yet continue on as a food truck, Boom Island is releasing a new 9.5% ABV Belgian abbey-style beer called Brimstone this week, some jerk pulled a hit-and-run on the Natedogs food […]
MoreHubris and hamartia bring about the end of Jack’s restaurant, the Sustainable Farming Association plants an organic food garden at the governor’s residence, the first episode of Well Fed Streetside visits the street food incarnation of Meritage, thoughts on the best local restaurant patios, Republic ramps up the beer tap war and expands to 57 […]
MoreSen. Franken and Rep. Cravaack split the MN Congressional delegation hot dish honors (their respective recipes are here and here), thoughts on Restaurant Week at Saffron, labels from Borealis Fermentery (a Belgian-style brewery near Duluth), there’s a Cooking With Surly website [via MNBeer], Rick heralds the upcoming JJ’s Coffee + Wine Bistro in Uptown and […]
MoreThe latest from Twitter: @Peace_Coffee has a few spots left in their Mastering Coffee at Home class this weekend, @Nate_Dogs approves of @chemlabgoddess’s day of food truck dining, @FreshTartSteph congratulates @hautedish and @SaffronMpls on being nominated for Food & Wine‘s Best New Chef, and @MNBeer wonders which restaurants have Minnesota-specific beer lists.
MoreAmerica’s Test Kitchen heads to Hibbing in search of porketta; Zimmern trumpets the (as of yet unconfirmed) exodus of Dara from Minnesota Monthly to MSP Mag; photo outtakes from our Silver Whisk profile of Chef Alejandro Castillon of Sonora Grill; the almost invariably positive Southwest Journal writes that Eat Street Social “disappoints”; chefs from Travail, […]
MoreThe latest from Twitter: @BossyAcres showcases some greens for @chowgirls‘ Locavore Love Affair tomorrow, @SaffronMpls celebrates six years with hummus cake, @tanpopomn is skipping the ramen tonight, and @cafecyan compares Iowa-based @kalonaorganics yogurt to her homemade favorite.
MoreThe New York Times takes a tour of Wisconsin supper clubs (here’s our own spin through the genre); a new check-out scheme at the East Lake Target raises customer ire (also: this is apparently the “ghetto” Target, for those not aware); a new video by Saffron demos how to use Spice Trail‘s Exotic Blend on […]
MoreWCCO does a nice write-up of the upcoming North Coast Nosh, a look at urban farming, wackjobs “warn” about the “dangers” of Wisconsin cheese (nature’s perfect food), METRO visits the Gopher Bar — “Manliest Restaurant” in America according to Men’s Health (we got there a while back, and our illustrated review is a hell of […]
MoreMadison’s Tempest Oyster Bar reviewed, a recap of the Wisconsin cheese course at Cooks of Crocus Hill, a preview of Oktoberfest at Black Forest Inn, Dara wraps up Twin Cities doughnut news, the story of how one chef at Hell’s Kitchen cooked his way through 1,361 eggs in one service, Wayzata Eatery has closed but […]
MoreRachel reviews the new Saffron menu (here’s our perspective on it), a look at the “culinary curveballs” thrown by Pig’s Eye Urban Farm, a project to raise money for an ambitious educational greenhouse project in Stevens Point, WI, Peace Coffee is seeking a shop manager for their cafe, and the Well Fed Guide to Life […]
MoreA highly engaging profile of Chef Eric “Big E” Austin by Andy Mannix, Men’s Health nominates the Gopher Bar (see our controversial illustrated profile) for the title of America’s manliest restaurant, Iggers likes the food (and value) at the newly revamped Saffron (we dug it, too), Rachel charts Solera’s reinvigoration, the art of styling Wisconsin […]
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