Author: Stephanie March
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Edible Weekend
Corn With The Wind by Mark Hess I feel a tasty weekend coming on…. Do you know what’s great about Irish Fair? It’s the names of the food vendors. FatHead Brennan’s Pie Shop will stuff you with cheese and onion pie. Tussie’s Tea & Sweets will settle you with a dense scone. The Ancient Order…
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Sneaky Cheese
are you sick of hearing about my obsession with humboldt fog? I got a sneak peek at the new Premier Cheese Market on 50th/France in Edina. What can I say? Lund’s: You’d better step it up. France 44: I don’t know how to help you. The gang at Premier is serious about cheese. The cheesemongers…
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Saucy
what are you REALLY thinking about? Have you ever eaten with foodie friends who make a ridiculous spectacle of themselves when they taste something amazing? You know, a la Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally? I don’t think I do that. I’m hoping and praying I don’t do that, but my friend Terri sent…
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Snack-a-licious
Am I the last one to discover these? Apparently, they’re at Target so I’m hoping that you’ve all snagged a bag on your way to the dryer-sheet aisle. If not, do so. Because now that I’ve found them, these Sahale Snacks, these little bags of flavorful nut blends, I am not letting go. In fact,…
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Cool
Enough about the heat. But first. It’s hard to write about food when you have no appetite. Heat, humidity and the lot drive away my desires to eat. A perfect hell. I had a salad for dinner last night, and even the dressing seemed too thick and heavy. Maybe it’s all the water I’m guzzling,…
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New Pleasure from Old Recipes
I had a German grandmother who could cook, but she lived in Michigan. During our summer and holiday visits, this silly American girl didn’t know how to appreciate her cooking. I thought meat wrapped in pancake was weird and wondered why the potato salad was pink. When I finally realized what I could have learned,…