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Eating at MSP and Morning Roundup
Rachel rounds up the best eating that MSP (the airport) has to offer, a blogger sounds off on some restaurants’ bewildering and pricetag-free oral recitation of nightly specials, a long-form interview with cheesemaker Andy Hatch (of Pleasant Ridge Reserve fame, and maker of the new Rush Creek), Cannon River Winery is producing a special dessert […]
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A Trip to Gorkha Palace and Morning Roundup
Lee of Simple Good and Tasty goes to Gorkha Palace (which serves local yak), a series of lutefisk-making photos in our Flickr pool, G Sheaves tackles a locally available Roman wine, and the Perennial Plate goes trout fishing.
MoreNo Hair? No Bill — and the Morning Roundup
Are you bald, or willing to become so… today? If so, your food is free at any of the Blue Plate restaurants (Edina, Longfellow, and Highland Grills, Groveland Tap, and Three Squares), G. Sheaves shares a few Italian wine picks, Bill gives Jake’s City Grill in Eagan a resounding “blah,” Rachel gripes about gri.pe (with […]
MoreLingonberries and Lobster and October 13 Tweet Rodeo
@Judalicious posts a cocktail recipe for “the white lady,” @SummitBeer publicizes an upcoming beer dinner at @TheHappyGnomeMN, @SugarSugarCandy closes early this Friday, @Celebr8nGenr8n recommends making lingonberry wine, @DeRushaEats is weirded out by a kitchen (and no, it’s not just any kitchen), and @Smack_Shack plans a lobster boil for next week.
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Dean Langenfeld’s Blue Ribbon Wine
G Sheaves interviews the Minnesota State Fair blue ribbon winner for wine, University of Minnesota med student Dean Langenfeld. “The goal is to make it taste good. I’m after the final product, not the art of making it. So, I can buy these organic fruit juices… if I’m making a Gewürztraminer that usually has apricot […]
MorePro Chef Tips and September 1 Tweet Rodeo
Ever wondered how to flip a skillet like a pro? @CafeCyan shares tips from yesterday’s MN Cooks event, @RingoRestaurant debuts an Argentinean menu, @StephMarch recommends Safari Express’ mango on a stick @MinnStateFair, @Northern_Brewer offers 10% off wine-making supplies, and @MCFarmersMkt hosts a fall harvest dinner and promises fresh lamb this weekend from Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest […]
MorePig Uteri, Awkward Photos, and Morning Roundup
CNN profiles a Minnesota farmer who’s fighting one of the Gulf of Mexico’s biggest “dead zones,” G Sheaves goes white wine tasting at a local Trader Joe’s, Jason DeRusha says a photo of our State Fair team depicts a “group of goofballs” [image of DeRusha provided for context here], a blogger praises Subo (our considerably […]
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