Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Still working on Halloween plans? @HotDishBlog has your party food all figured out, @NortheastSocial is decked out in decorations, @MplsFarmMarket announces your last chance to reserve seats at Spoonriver for the SG&T November Local Food Event, and @Cookbook offers a simple hummus recipe.
MoreIt’s zombie season — to celebrate, pick up a $3 “dead” pizza at @PunchPizza! @AsherBMiller promotes tonight’s 20.21 Wine Dinner, @LucyWaverman posts a recipe for her favorite sauce to “serve with everything,” @CommonRoots is hiring, @StephMarch follows the tournament of cookbooks on food52, and @SeriousEats shares a recipe for a ridiculously recession-proof (yet non-ramen) meal.
More@PubCoffeeHouse is watching the trading price of coffee and fair trade is… cheaper? Now there’s no excuse not to drink fair trade! @KingsWineBar’s Lift Bridge dinner is tonight, the St. Paul @BrasaRotisserie promotes their new Sunday brunch, @BulldogNE and @CommonRoots both have Darkness on tap, and @SanctuaryRest offers an intriguing “Halloween Thrills & Chills” tasting […]
MoreNeed some ideas for Halloween? @CookingUpAStory gives a seasoning recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds, while @Atlantic_Food links to a how-to on a drink called “The Warlock.” @TheWinePeople’s fall sale is now underway, @CommonRoots posts their new brunch menu, and @YoungChef2 posts a picture of one of the gigantic porcini mushrooms (really, you’ve got to see […]
MoreHaven’t seen Fresh yet? @LeeZukor reminds you that it’s playing tonight, @BouchonFor2 adds goji berries and other Chinese medicinal herbs to her chicken soup, @BirchwoodCafe composts all of their food waste and urges Minneapolis to follow suit, @KatieBips loves Ginger Hop’s kimchee reuben, and @SurlyBrewing relates a Darkness Day tragedy.
MoreFrustrated with the time it takes to thaw frozen meat? @SeriousEats says to throw it in a skillet, @SanctuaryRest seeks more Zagat reviews, @Atlantic_Food links to a DIY recipe for butterbeer (of Harry Potter fame), @MannysTortas offers a special deal through Sunday, and @France44Cheese adapts Descartes’ classic philosophy to apply to fondue.
MoreBetween losing most of their fair-weather customers and having to throw out frozen, still-growing fresh produce, farmers were hit hard by this year’s early cold snap. @KatieBips urges you to support your farmer — the season’s not quite over yet! @ZacharyCohen recommends a 2000-vintage rioja, @Barrio_Mpls celebrates its selection as one of MNMO’s “Best Bars […]
MoreLooking for @SurlyBrewing Wet? @BlueDoorPub’s got it; @CommonRootsCafe ran out (but is expecting Darkness and a new @LiftBridge soon), @MotoI2Go reintroduces a sausage-stuffed version of their tasty fried shisito peppers, @SimmerTillDone offers a recipe for meatballs with a somewhat non sequitur Twilight story attached, @MplsFarmMarket shares a recipe for butternut squash curry, @SummitBeer reminds you […]
MoreWould you rather have five chickens or two cows? @YoungChef2 wants to know, @GiveRecipe provides a recipe for lahmacun, @LiftBridge invites you to Wednesday’s Beer Fest Dinner, @Oceanaire_Mpls points out that it’s stone crab season (and they’ve got ’em!), and @JacksonHollow provides @JuneDee with a sourdough starter recipe, as well as some tricks of the […]
MoreIf you still harbor nostalgia for the Jell-O shots of youth, @CHOW_com provides a quirky Halloween party recipe, @SB_Food reports on Iron Chef Morimoto’s declaration that “sushi is recession-proof,” @T_McKee cooks for Joe Biden, @ChefShack1 (thus far nominated many a time for our Silver Whisk Award) is winding down their farmers market season, @KatieBips is […]
MoreCoffee classes aren’t just for baristas — @PeaceCoffee leads a free class at @JustFoodCoop this Saturday, @ArtisanBreadIn5 posts a simple apple-ham-blue cheese pizza recipe for all those fresh-from-the-orchard apples, @HotDishBlog appraises new NYTimes food critic Sifton’s first review and savors the new D’Amico Kitchen’s chicory-frisée-prosciutto-fig-buffalo mozz salad, @OMMinneapolis promotes their Diwali dinner this Saturday, @The_Wedge […]
MoreOur local eateries are gearing up for the holidays: @SanctuaryRest posts the tasting menu for their 5-course “Halloween Thrills & Chills” event while @GoodEarthMN reminds us of the upcoming @Parasole holiday gift card special. @HighlandGrillMN and its affiliates (except the Groveland Tap) host “Bald & Free Day” today, @StephMarch acknowledges that the issue of Gourmet […]
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