Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
The Pedal Pub makes its Uptown debut (featuring the Pub’s house rules), why Rachel Hutton bought Barrio a toilet seat, U of M History Professor Jeffrey M. Pilcher explains the origins of the taco on Smithsonian.com [via Chris Eats], a taste of this year’s Spargelfest (here’s our recap of 2011), and label art for a […]
MoreDetails on the St. Croix Valley Brew-B-Que on May 26, DeRusha eats at Angel Food and contemplates the ethics of early reviews (we regret nothing!), Spargelfest begins tonight at the Black Forest Inn in all its asparagus-y glory [PDF of menu], a local man’s gummi worms melt into horrible, beautiful, day-glo art, the story of […]
MoreIn late May, the Black Forest Inn will devote a special Spargelfest menu to asparagus (or spargel, in German). They’ll serve fresh, local asparagus with pork, with steak, or with shrimp, and make asparagus pizza, soup, and salad. They’ll wrap asparagus, roast it, candy it, and infuse vodka with asparagus to make the Spargeltini. All […]
MoreThe Black Forest Inn, starting May 22, will serve fresh, local asparagus (“spargel,” auf Deutsch), using traditional German and not-so-traditional recipes. Some highlights: savory cheesecake featuring asparagus, asparagus soup, deep-fried asparagus, rolled asparagus in crepes, and an asparagus-infused vodka drink, known as the Spargeltini. And on May 29, the restaurant is having a special benefit […]
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