As a chef I always find myself slicing, dicing, chopping onions more than I would care to. It’s not that I hate doing it or that I’m lazy. I just get very teary eyed, just like the millions of other people who get onion emo! Again I found myself slicing and crying last week, and … Read more
(AP Photo/Jim Mone) Game #53, Home Game #28: San Antonio 100, Minnesota 99 Season record: 11-42 1. Crunchtime Dysfunction The first thing I want to do is praise these post-All Star break Timberwolves, a ballclub that embodied the cliche "plucky" by refusing to do the expected thing and roll over and die after Manu Ginobili … Read more
I opened my electronic correspondence this morning to discover that, scattered among the many missives from such devoted readers as Floyd Whopping Cock, there were a number of notes from acquaintances calling my attention to the fact that in the pages of the Southwest Journal local media rascal David Brauer was weighing in on the … Read more
SHOPPING & STYLELocal Clothes If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to support Minnesota ‘s burgeoning fashion community (with actual dollars, that is), it could be that your moment has finally come. A twofer of sales this weekend might finally put those hand-made wears within reach. First stop: Cliché, which carries local designers such … Read more
Another op’nin, another play In Shakopee or at Dor’thy Day But usually it’s the VOA… Most professional theatres have opening nights. There is glamour, maybe just a faint whiff, but it’s in the air nevertheless: press and theatre cognoscenti are out front along with family, friends and scores of "hope you’re great" or "hope you … Read more
Come and check out some of the things we are having fun putting together with what we have that is local! We will be at the Food and Wine show with Heartland check out the Minnesota Pavillion with so many local producers, farmers and wineries!! I am looking forward to it and am going to … Read more
Saturday, March 1st at 6:30 p.m. we will be hosting a sake educational tasting, a Sake 101 of sorts. We will have three sakes and possibly a namazaki. The three sakes that will be available have a deep and long history, along with taste. Shichihon yari is Japan’s oldest brewery, founded in 1540 — before … Read more
Ok, while I sit here in my favorite Karen Neuburger house clothes, it dawned on me that there is no time like the present to talk about why I won’t be attending many social functions anymore. As you may know, I recently turned 40, and along with feeling a little bit older, I feel a … Read more
SPECIAL EVENTGallery Grooves Join us tonight for Gallery Grooves, The Rake’s monthly art, jazz, and wine event. Socialize and discuss the latest jazz with Kevin Barnes from KBEM, peruse the art, and enjoy the wine samplings. This month, view a collection of artworks based on the techniques of Pablo Picasso — all by adolescents between … Read more
At this year’s Academy Awards, there will be films that — believe it or not — are actually judged on their artistic merit. No one will remember them a year from now, or probably even a month from now, but these reels contain imaginative innovations and emotional depths that surpass those evoked by any nominee … Read more