Good thing we are not in old school Japan and that most elder Japanese/Japanese-trained chefs in the U.S. have adopted our ways. I could care less how you eat your sushi at the bar or at a table, but with some chefs it could get you kicked out! Basic sushi bar etiquette: Oshibori (hot towel) … Read more
In an article about Charles Billington, a University of Minnesota endocrinologist who also happens to be one of the nation’s leading obesity researchers, I mention that when Billington himself dines out, he goes mostly to Heartland, the little storefront bistro on St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul. Why? Because Heartland’s gourmet Midwestern fare embodies just … Read more
First of all, I swore that I would never move back home. I was city-bound and the suburbs could eat my dust, for all I cared. And I had a cute little house in Tangletown and lived a happy life with a 5-10 minute trip to an endless amount of food choices. Funny how life … Read more
The Signal, which opens today in theaters, is an ambitious survival horror film. Written and directed by newcomers David Bruckner, Dan Bush, and Jacob Gentry, and starring a no-name cast, The Signal does a lot of things well, but loses itself in its pointless brutality and aimless plot. It’s a genre film, so pick your … Read more
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