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The Churn by Tricia Cornell

The Rule of Threes and Morning Roundup

DeRusha investigates why appetizers come in threes; 612Brew plans to open a tap room and brewery in NE Minneapolis; the UFC CEO proclaims,“Whichever city has more Guy Fieri locations, that’s where we’re going to do the fight”; the City shuts down “slimy” New China Wok; Lift Bridge changes to a Twin Cities distributor; La Belle […]

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The Churn by James Norton

Municipal Liquor Woes and Morning Roundup

Some Minnesota cities are considering getting out of the liquor business, a  profile of Dean Vlahos (the restaurateur who Tom Petters helped put into bankruptcy), Mark Stutrud talks about Summit’s Saga IPA (here’s our recent tasting panel), Minnesota Monthly tackles urban farming, check out this crazy biscuit I made (recipe here), a preview of The […]

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The Churn by James Norton

‘The Truth is in the Pudding’ Launches

It’s hard not to like a food blog that favorably cites our rave review of DiNoko’s Chicago-style deep dish pizza, so we won’t fight it. Promising “honest, mostly Twin Cities-based, no holds barred reviews of the places where real people spend their hard-earned money,” the newly launched The Truth is in the Pudding also features […]

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The Churn by James Norton

WI Meat on the Move and Morning Roundup

Wisconsin specialty meat plants that are state-inspected may soon by able to ship their products across state lines, how to balance food writing and not gaining tons of weight, St. Croix Economic Development Corporation names Future Farm (we profiled their tilapia farm last year) as its business of the year, the Beer Genome project tastes […]

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The Churn by James Norton

The Post-Holiday Strib Roundup

Rick names the Bachelor Farmer his restaurant of the year (we dug it, too), Brent Kaufer is the first guy to make it through all 72 single malt Scotches on the St. Paul Grill’s list, a Minnetonka progressive dinner celebrates its 30th year, Rick loves the biscuits and gravy at Sun Street, and the obit […]

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