Stephanie March There’s nothing culinary about cold, smeared toast and rubbery scrambled eggs thrust towards my sleeping head. But that kind of meal isn’t for filling the stomach, it’s for filling the heart. On Mother’s Day, I think less about what I deserve to get and more about what I still hope to give. There’s so much … Read more
hirny schmirny schmirny hirny schmirny bork bork bork Sooooooo. Mr. Top Chef #1 has finally made his claim on the NY eating scene. Yes, I was a Tiffani fan to the end, but I did heart Harold like the rest of you. I think it’s fantastic that he opened a small space with a friend … Read more
Every year I get the fever to forage. The thought of walking around a park for a couple of hours and coming out with an armload of wild edibles is like winning the lottery to me. Pirate like, even. Today I am especially craving mushrooms, morels. Maybe it was the overdose of cheap and tawdry … Read more
like a kitchen mixer … There’s just a bunch of stuff swirling around my brain today… Doug Flicker’s new menu at Mission started on Monday. I slinked in for lunch and had a nice egg sandwich, but our server had to read from his pack of notes to answer quetions, and a different egg dish … Read more
Mondays tend to be planning days, right? Well I just want y’all to get this one on your radar…Next week marks Broders’ 25th Anniversary, and they’re doing it up. Sunday kicks it off with a multi-course wine dinner. Sign up NOW as the dinner benefits the Slow Food MN Educational Fund and space will surely … Read more
It’s dusk, and there’s an unmistakable whiff of charcoal in the air. It’s the sign of the outdoor cooking season, and is as eagerly awaited as the return of the red-winged blackbirds to the tree by my driveway. I look at my own shining, gray monster on the deck and I start thinking of the … Read more
ramps, my dears, ramps! It looks like a nice weekend for a drive, no? Choose wisely and head down to the historic LeDuc Mansion in Hastings for a little food festival sponsored by the Northern Heartland Food and Wine Learning Center. Check out wine and cheese pairings with Nan Bailly of Alexis Bailly Vineyards and … Read more
pimp your Snickers Maybe I’ll be a food stylist. There’s clearly a mastery to that. Maybe I’ll open a giant snack store. Don’t want to be a sushi platter…but I might be a wonton origamist. Somehow, I have to find a gig that let’s me mmmmmmmmm my way around the world… For now, maybe I’ll … Read more
where can a brother get some ribs? Sunday ended up with a rainy jaunt to the Albertville Outlets. With four kids to clothe in cargo shorts and ridiculously expensive paper-thin tees, I need all the break I can get, so northward we trip. I’m not a crowd-shopper, I reach my patience limit quickly. Needless to … Read more
the barn at gale woods farm … There’s a lot of yummy stuff happening this weekend. It’s the weekend of our Restaurant Week, so if you’re going to go out, why not choose a place that benefits our cities? Seriously, there are so many great choices: Cafe Twenty-Eight, The Sample Room, the new Spill the … Read more