Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Sad news via Chowhound that the once-terrific Tian Jin may be no more, Minneapolis figures prominently in a NY Times story on corporate gardens, a new Italian joint called Nonna Rosa’s is coming to Robbinsdale, DeRusha digs HauteDish, BrauFest details, trout and fiddleheads and meditations on fly-tying, and don’t miss Gastro Non Grata at Modern […]
MoreA first look at the Galaxie Diner in Apple Valley, the current and future wanderings of Tosca’s Adam Vickerman, Cafe Maude’s Aaron Slavicek is out and Burke Forster is in, long thoughtful musings on Julia Child and Bouef Bourguignon, some great new back-and-forth in the comments about Duluth’s Hell’s Kitchen-owned HellBurgers, tuna salad with soul […]
MoreStudio Bricolage will present “Mixology: The Art & Science of Drink” at Bradstreet, Simple, Good, and Tasty provides a rundown of local turkey farms, meditations on a tea flower, “Talking Turkey” and “Prime Rib” are the first two Corner Table cooking classes of the season, “OM serves up zen on a platter,” reports Rachel, is […]
MoreThe Four Firkins welcomes Schells Brewery and offers free samples from 6-8pm tonight, a passionate discussion of authenticity and whether local food can ever compare to that of New York on Chowhound in regards to Tian Jin, Anna from True Thai breaks it down vis-a-vis different types of rice (sticky rice contains tryptophan!), MSPD finds […]
MoreTian Jin in Chanhassen is favorably and plausibly compared to NYC Chinese food by a Chowhound, DeRusha wonders whether expiration dates matter, free food today if you bike or walk to work via bikewalkweek.org [via PiPress], an interview with the CEO of Just BARE chicken (a great brand), and Rick Nelson explains why Tim McKee’s […]
MoreRachel reviews gourmet Chinese joint Tian Jin and Stillwater’s Domacin, Stephanie at Msp.St. Paul eats the Salty Dog chocolate bar, Brett at Trout Caviar is already eating local greens, and The Captain’s Chair is using cherry wood-smoked malt to make some wicked delicious-looking smoked porter beer.
MoreEditor’s Note: Tian Jin is now closed. It’s hard not to feel as though you’re getting hoodwinked nearly every time you eat Chinese food in this country. The flavors are washed out, simple, cloying or one-dimensionally hot. There’s no damned way one of the oldest and most magnificently complicated civilizations in the world came up […]
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