Here’s what some people don’t understand: you can be a food freak without being a food snob. If ever there was a testament to that, it would be the feast of SuperBowl Sunday. The issue isn’t the guacamole, it’s the cachet of the guacamole. Hot-wing away, my friend, but consider the sauce. You won’t find fois … Read more
FILM & PERFORMANCE Crispin Glover Presents: WHAT IS IT? What is it? Debuting for the first time in Minnesota and unavailable on DVD, What Is It? is Crispin Glover‘s 2005 directorial debut (lately he played Grendel in Beowulf). The movie is described by its director as "being the adventures of a young man whose principal … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) Game #44, Road Game #24: Minnesota 85, Chicago 96 Game #45, Home Game #21: Chicago 67, Minnesota 83 Season record: 9-36 1. Legitimately Respectable Flirting with the flu, I decided to avoid contaminating Target Center last night and catch my second straight Bulls-Wolves tilt on … Read more
There is, perhaps, nothing on this earth so elemental as salt. It’s the flavor of the ocean, and of blood. Also sweat, tears, and — let’s be frank here — semen, that stuff which contains half the origin of human life. Salt has been used as currency. It is a mainstay of both religious ceremonies … Read more
What a difference a chef makes! Patrick Atanalian is now in charge of the kitchen at Sanctuary, and the cuisine at the Washington Ave. hideaway is dramatically improved. It’s a reunion for the talented Marseilles-born chef and Sanctuary’s managing partner Michael Kutscheid, who first worked together back in the mid-90s, when Kutscheid owned Kapoochi’s, one … Read more
There seem to be an awful lot of things going on today, so be sure to spend your time wisely. If you’re feeling decadent (and financially secure) head to downtown Minneapolis for the opening of r. Norman’s, a new steakhouse on Hennepin. Tonight’s opening is actually a benefit for Hennepin Theatre Trust, so your decadence … Read more
(Pictured above: A bulletin board in a ski racer’s hut. The love of speed leads to a lack of problems. At least those with names.) Last week I included a trenchant post from a skier. I hope to have more comments from this caliber of athlete–the most ballsy of breeds. On that note, I mentioned … Read more
As you’re going about your business today, be sure to take some time out to check out some of our new Rake videos. Let Rake intern Tyler Jensen and co-creator Carissa Camarena take you behind the curtains of Dykes Do Drag. Enjoy an animated look at what makes us tick, Live Long and Open the … Read more
Yesterday, amid news of four ton satellites falling from the heavens and the pending departure of Minnesota’s last sports superstar, a glimmering beacon of hope shone from our nation’s capital. The House of Representatives, in one brief shining moment of accord, today put aside their rancor for a subject not involving burly men injecting illicit … Read more
Today is my birthday. I’m not afraid of coming birthdays, and I don’t intend to stop the count-up. Despite all of its challenges (living with teenagers, IRS tax audit, five year old with pneumonia), through the mud and the stars, life on the whole is pretty good. So today is MY day, the one day … Read more