Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
@TroutCaviar seeks ideas for “sulfur shelf shrooms” (aka chicken of the woods), @128Cafe and @ScottPampuch team up in St. Paul to make ratatouille and poached eggs, @CakeEaterBakery promotes their new daily commuter special, @S4xton points to a “chef v. chef Twitter battle” (or, more accurately, chef v. Shef), and @GrassFedCattle offers a Facebook Fan Special […]
More“Shefzilla” Stewart Woodman works on the menu for the new location of @HeidisMpls, @RogueChocolate marvels in a disaster gone right, @DBrauer reports on Murray’s steakhouse’s rejection from the local union, and @DeRushaEats recommends the Sausage Sisters’ bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers at the @MinnStateFair.
MoreThe tea leaves of the Internet suggest that Stewart and Heidi Woodman of Heidi’s are at work on a cookbook, possibly for the Minnesota Historical Society. Details to come (soon, we hope). NEW UPDATE (4/27/10): Title will be Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home, publisher will be Borealis Books (the trade imprint of MNHS), publication […]
MoreThe 2010 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists are out — gaze upon the glory. For Best Chef: Midwest, some very solid names: Alex Roberts. Isaac Becker. Vincent Francoual. Stewart Woodman. Lenny Russo. Mike Phillips. And (new to me) Hakan Lundberg of Cosmos. D’Amico gets a shot at Outstanding Restaurateur, Bar La Grassa for Best New […]
MoreStewart “Shefzilla” Woodman plays a variation on one of his themes (journalists = bad) and mauls Landon Schoenfeld in the process, Adam Platt turns up and trumpets the circulation numbers of MplsStPaul, and someone who may or may not be Steve Marsh (the “white CJ”) notes: “Dude, that’s mucked up. You take the one pot […]
MoreChef Stewart “Shefzilla” Woodman of Heidi’s will appear at the Kingfield Farmers Market this Sunday from 10:30-11:30am, offering samples and a cooking demo. The restaurant also is making a special offer for visitors to the market on Sunday: a limited supply (50) of $20 gift certificates to Heidi’s Minneapolis for people who spend $20 or […]
MoreOver at Shefzilla, Chef Woodman sides with “the vast majority of people” and defends bottled water from naysayers with the clever argument that other stuff is even more environmentally damaging. He follows this up by reading FOX News, conflating a limp pro-tap water quote from a random passerby with the totality of the official City […]
MoreA Crafty Lass presents honey vanilla rhubarb, Simple Provisions takes a shellacking on Chowhound, La Belle Vie’s Tim McKee wins the Beard Award for Best Chef, Midwest, beating out Alma and 112 Eatery, Jiggers documents a terrifying-looking hippie food bus, the palak paneer sequel from Les Petites Images, Stewart Woodman isn’t going to simply take […]
MoreStewart “Shefzilla” Woodman pays homage to Rick Nelson and backhands Chino Latino, Metro rounds up some high-end bargains (Barbette, Meritage, etc.), The Stillwater Gazette covers the silver anniversary of the Lake Elmo Inn, it’s hard to believe the 25 Friday fish fries listed over at the PiPress are actually “favorites,” but nice job on the […]
MoreZimmern comments on the Beard Award nominees (re: Lucia’s: “…her eatery isn’t even in my top five for best local restaurants”), the local Chowhounds dig into the mysterious Italian pepper and egg sandwich, Stewart “Shefzilla” Woodman reports 300 applicants for a single dish position (yikes), Jimmy John’s drags the word “rockstar” into an Orwellian sewer […]
MoreThe Slice blog on Serious Eats invades Aaron‘s turf with a review of Red’s Savoy pizza… But is it truly necessary to work “Minnesota Nice” into the headline? Really? Seriously? Chef Stewart Woodman reports that John Saliba will be taking a position at Rustica, developing their pastry program and working with their laminates… He writes: […]
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