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Thanksgiving
Grilled Grouse and Recipe Roundup
Beef barley soup, oatmeal cream cookies, Dunbarton Blue and cranberry sauce appetizers, cornbread stuffing and exciting news about HT contributing photographer Kate N.G. Sommers, roasted sweet potatoes with ginger and scallions, grilled grouse, some Thanksgiving leftover improvs from local chefs, and sweet-and-sour tofu.
MorePerfect Pecan Pie and Recipe Roundup
(Turkey) pizza burgers, mixed greens with pomegranates and pickled shallots, spaetzle, roasted squash hummus, roasted red pepper tapenade, red kuri squash soup, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, perfect pecan pie, baked bourbon sweet potatoes, bay-brined roasted turkey, and cranberry-Biscoff upside-down cake.
MoreThe Thanksgiving News Recap
In case you missed it, a St. Paul Bar’s “Drink Like an Indian” Thanksgiving promotion went over rather poorly, Hormel handed out $16.3 million in profit-sharing checks to employees, some deer got shot, gutted, and processed, some food-focused Thanksgiving thanks, and some thoughts on eating turkey with random jerks.
MoreTurkey and Me
Turkey and I go way back. I can easily say I’ve eaten it a whopping 27 times in my life. Since I could chew, I’ve had the bird once a year on Thanksgiving (sadly, I’m not that into the sandwich form). Like most American-born, English-bred kids, the holiday was synonymous with an outpouring of friends, […]
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The Central Avenue Scene and Morning Roundup
Iggers provides a data-rich Central Avenue update, five wines for Thanksgiving, and a look at Breakfast in Vermont, Amore Victoria’s oatmeal-infused whiskey / maple syrup cocktail.
MoreHalloween to Thanksgiving and November 1 Tweet Rodeo
@ZoeBakes, @FreshTartSteph, and @KatentheKitchen discuss their disappointment in modern Halloween candy while @CafeCyan recycles it, @MCCronin notes that some offerings fare better with trick-or-treaters than others, @The_Wedge is now accepting turkey orders (including online), and @MCFarmersMkt offers a chance to win a turkey this Thanksgiving.
MoreVeg-Giving and October 26 Tweet Rodeo
@FACESMearsPark invites you to the BOOs Crawl in Lowertown this weekend, @CommonRoots taps @SurlyBrewing Darkness at 5pm, @CakeEaterBakery plans a Halloween party prior to their reset to winter hours, @BetsyKroon seeks a vegetarian Thanksgiving night out (via @DeRushaEats), and, if you’re in Duluth, @Brewhouse1 has 1/2 price wine bottles all day — so drink off […]
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December 3 Morning Roundup Part II
Teddy does the blue plate meatloaf sandwich at Edina Grill, a crackdown on “fake” farms rocks Scott County, a good and / or funny soy milk recipe might win you a bunch of soy milk from Chef Chris, the most bronze-colored person you will ever see loves the red curry at True Thai, informed praise […]
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