Category: Food and Drink

This is the perfect weekend for an orchard run. Damn the bees, deal with the crowds and get out to support a local farm. Some of my favorites: Deardorff Orchards Out Waconia way, dontcha know. It’s a big farm with 5000 trees and a cool old barn built in 1900. I remember a cold weekend…

And so we’re down to the Top Chef Final Four: Hung, Casey, Brian and Dale. Here’s my basic take on the whole banana … Dale is there by luck, he seems the most susceptibe to pressure and in the final countdown, he might crack. Hung is being set up as the front-runner, but he’s being…

Yeah, they bug me too … like when I’m sitting on a sticky hay bale trying to shove a cider-brined brat with apple-onion relish into my face at my favorite orchard, and there’s nothing but the buzzing and the swatting. But. Have you heard about the bee paradox? It’s a full-blown mystery worthy of some…

YES YES YES But only one square every five minutes.

hang in there little buddy…. During last night’s Top Chef, I seriously had no idea who was going home. It could have been anyone. But first … LOOOOVED the quickfire challenge. The chefs got $10 and 10 minutes to buy something from one designated aisle at the market. I feel this all the time, when…

When the rain started falling in August, it did more than just water the tomatoes. Sadly it washed away many of the season’s hopes for farmers in Southeastern MN. Many farmers found their homes washed away or their fields under contaminate water. Luckily enough, there is a sweet connection to the area with many local…