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SweeTango
The SweeTango Apple Takes Manhattan and Morning Roundup
METRO puts out a great-looking Twin Cities brewery checklist, a review of Damien (a small beer derived from Darkness), Minneapolis City Council changes an ordinance to allow microbreweries to operate next door to a church, how to have a Minnesota locavore Thanksgiving, when social media collides with traditional tailgating, some noteworthy 2011 books about food […]
MoreThe Booya Bulletin and Morning Roundup
The annual Pioneer Press Booya roundup, urban aquaculture is on the rise in Milwaukee (here’s our profile of an aquaculture facility near Baldwin, WI), an in-depth interview with new Herkimer brewer Mike Willaford, a review of Tyranena Brewing Company’s Painted Ladies Pumpkin Spice Ale, food trucks are getting hassled by the man (possibly Target?) in […]
MoreSweeTango Apple Wars and Morning Roundup
Minnesota Apple Growers for Fair Trade have launched their SweeTango-targeted website, an entertaining Chowhound thread about the most expensive local restaurants (Manny’s leaps to mind for some reason), Rachel gives advice on good Middle Eastern food, Midtown Global Market loses Naviya’s (and Linden Hills wins it), and an epic date at The Black Forest Inn.
MoreMinnesota Apple Growers Sue for SweeTangos
A group calling itself “Minnesota Apple Growers for Free Trade” is initiating a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota, Pepin Heights, and other individuals associated with the development of SweeTango apple and the creation of a related license agreement that gives a Pepin Heights-headed cooperative the exclusive rights to commercially produce the apple. For the […]
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Apple, Apple, Apple, Cat + Giant Tomato, Etc.
Lurcat’s apple, cheese, and chive salad, Martha and Tom make ratatouille and praise SweeTango (the apple that “has it all” — Lileks likes it, too!), cat + giant tomato at Food If By Land, and three new local caterers respond to a slackening economy.
MoreSeptember 14 Tweet Rodeo
Is the new SweeTango apple all it’s cracked up to be? @Dulcey says “yes”, @HyperLocavore plants Egyptian walking onions due to their Dr. Seuss-style whimsy, @Rick_Bayless tweets a recipe for chipotle salsa, @CookingForDads recommends Taste of Thaiyai in Apple Valley, and @HighlandGrillMN and its affiliates offer a free meal to all bald-headed customers on October […]
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