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The Churn by James Norton

March 19 Morning Roundup

Faribault Dairy wins a top-in-class prize for its gorgonzola at the World Championship Cheese Contest (we toured their caves last year), True Thai introduces kimchi fried rice, Zake calls it quits, Dara’s details on a new Meritage crepe stand, Iggers endorses the food at St. Paul’s Homi restaurant, a Lift Bridge beer dinner at 128 […]

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March 15 Morning Roundup

Flickr’s massdistraction samples the cold hardy kiwi (see our article from last week), musings on raw food (plus a steak tartare recipe), a roundup of St. Patrick’s Day specials, a local take on veganism versus vegetarianism (plus some cool vintage beekeeping photos), an appreciation of Leeann Chin (and another by Anna of True Thai), and […]

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March 8 Morning Roundup

Our editor appears on The Splendid Table to talk about Wisconsin cheese, Lift Bridge Brewery now has a Wisconsin distributor’s license, facelift grants are perking up some local restaurant storefronts, there are charming Celtic dancing squirrels over at the Finnegan’s Pint-a-Thon website, the world’s bleakest local brewing product review [via Tom Elko], True Thai and […]

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February 3 Morning Roundup

Rachel’s “death by dinner” column (blowfish, heart attack-generating burgers, ghost chili wings, etc.), Zimmern deconstructs Chef Wadi’s performance on Iron Chef, the Well Fed Guide to Life dines at True Thai, Alexis gives Subo a firm “meh,” a Seward-based business called Funky Cottage Farm Products is selling chickens and eggs, insight into the delicious disposal […]

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January 11 Morning Roundup

Recipes, giveaways, and the year in review at Trout Caviar, True Thai is now marketing take-home stir fry sauce, Kopplin’s makes Bon Appetit’s list of Top 10 Best Boutique Coffee Shops (and D.C.’s Peregrine Espresso is owned by a guy from Fergus Falls, according to our in-house coffee expert Eric Faust), Dara names her favorite […]

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January 8 Morning Roundup

Anna of True Thai reflects on the tragic Seward triple slaying (plus shots from the vigil via MPR), Dara’s various disguises, Corner Table is closing on Sunday nights, a blogger mistakes a photo of the universe for a cookie, praise for the tripe at Chaska My Love, and Bill Roehl’s take on Rick Nelson’s 10 […]

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The Interstitial Xmas/New Year Roundup

Anna of True Thai’s crocodile Christmas story, a review of pizza at Pairings, the Star Tribune reports booming sales at the Four Firkins, a look at the newly opened Five Guys in Duluth, Mecca’s year in review (part 4) and best restaurants of the decade, a comically anthropomorphized smoked mackerel, raw milk lovers are joining […]

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December 16 Morning Roundup

The North Shore is apparently hurting for Jewish soul food (on the flip side: a locally produced hanukkah menu), D’Amico’s rolling out a big new Italian concept restaurant in Bloomington in 2010, Stephanie March reports on Subo, Rachel honors her sweet tooth and gets out to Sugar Sugar and Sweets Bakeshop, a lukewarm-to-hostile blogger review […]

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The Churn by James Norton

December 9 Morning Roundup

The Four Firkins has your Belgian beer geek gift of choice, praise for Koyi Sushi (with photos), local momos at Cafe Nepal, Rachel takes in the scene at Bar La Grassa, Bella (suburban sister restaurant to Bellanotte) closes, Dara has a Christmas catering suggestion for you, and a list of the True Thai dishes inspired […]

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October 29 Morning Roundup

An 80+ comment discussion of our Atlas of Ethical Eating wherein the very concept of ethics itself is snarked to death, a big new project by the New French Bakery is approved by the Minneapolis Planning Commission, Mecca samples the tasting menu at Restaurant Max, Anna is stoked that True Thai made Zagat’s local top […]

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