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
I shall spend a lot of this summer reading Polybius. The rise and fall of empires is in the air, and Polybius is the most coherent historian of the rise of Rome—not least because he was a Greek and smart. When Polybius describes how the Roman general Titus Flaminius accomplished his mission in the Second … 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
piquillo peppers are part of our flavor … Doesn’t this dreary day call for a trip to Solera? Their Restaurant Week menu deal is a tapas spectacular for a measly $32. It’s like a little schooling in Spanish flavors. I know a few ambitious home cooks who see the tapas menu as a little project … Read more
lingonberries are a part of our flavor…. OK, it’s here people. This is the real Retaurant Week, the one you’ve been waiting for. Now get out and EAT to feed the libraries. Not only do you get to eat in the aid of young, fresh minds, but you have a chance to sample what our … Read more