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
Benjamin Blake is a freak. He is part of the new freshman class of Adelphus & Smyth Financial. He is also absolutely out of his mind. He likes to walk around his apartment with his dress socks over his hands, making his fists talk to each other. The left is always his supervisor TJ Anderson … Read more
I have it all, from common afflictions (rashes, allergies, Sasquatch-like body hair) to those seldom mentioned in polite company (other types of rashes, irritable bowels, acid reflux, nighttime hog snore) to the just plain gross (dog breath, compacted sinuses). Thanks to modern medicine, I am generally successful in masking or suppressing the worst symptoms of … Read more
Dvorak’s Cello Concerto is a romantic work of unabashed grandeur, with a lush and lyrical first movement, a pensive and ethereal middle, and a swelling, pile-driving, rondo-form finale that briefly pauses to dredge up elements of the first two movements before coalescing into a passionate crescendo. Sommerfest artistic director Andrew Litton will conduct Scandinavian cellist … Read more
Editor Julie Caniglia Apparently I ask rhetorical questions unrhetorically.Senior Editor Brad Zellar You tell me and we’ll both know.Assistant Editor Christy DeSmith I don’t dress my age.Online Editor Cristina Córdova Oya wima wima, Yansa wima wima oko to bembe aseni.Art Director Evangeline Johnson I sing silly made-up songs—poorly.Production Manager Lisa Pahl I think I’m smart. … Read more
Smart as Hitchcock, incisive as Wilder, and independently minded as Cassavetes, Otto Preminger remained largely peerless during his career. He was one of the first Hollywood auteurs to challenge censorship rules and explore his own vision—one populated with honest studies of drug addiction, sexual deviance, and corrupt politics. As an establishment director, he introduced an … Read more
1 cup sugar1 1/4 cups ricotta3 eggs, separated2 Meyer lemons, zest and juice1 1/4 cups flour1/2 tsp. ground cardamom2 tsp. baking powder Glaze and Candied Lemon Topping 1/3 cup Meyer lemon juice1 2/3 cups powdered sugar 3 sliced Meyer lemons2 cups sugar2 cups water Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix ricotta … Read more
Some people have gone out of their way to make a perfectly good Fuji apple smell and taste like a grape. They call it a Grapple. There are also those who feel that plums should taste like apricots and that apricots should taste like plums, hence the booming pluot and aprium markets. Needless to say, … Read more
Dr. Charles Billington divides his obese patients into two distinctly different groups: those who have choices, and those who don’t.“Demographically, we know that people in lower socioeconomic areas are greatly, disproportionately affected by obesity,” he says. “Folks in those lower-economic, lower-education situations have little or no access to whole foods. They also have a lack … Read more
We seem to be in the midst of sushi mania. Two new restaurants—Seven and Musashi—opened recently, barely a block apart on Hennepin Avenue, which means that downtown Minneapolis now boasts at least a dozen sushi outlets. (The others; Koyi, Nami, Origami, Martini Blu, Wasabi, Ichiban, a sushi counter at Macy’s Marketplace, Zen Box, and two … Read more