— Michael Pollan, author of “Cooked” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” on The Daily Circuit today. Read nine other morsels from his conversation with Kerri Miller.
Opening day at Target Field will bring a host of new food choices — and below freezing temperatures.
here’s a new restaurant trend in the Twin Cities that does not involve foie gras-topped hamburgers, heirloom beet foams, or anything served on a plate.
It has to do with the plate, actually… or the button-down shirt, or the bedroom set that you just might decide to purchase while you’re waiting to be seated at your table. Rachel Hutton, senior editor of Minnesota Monthly magazine spoke with MPR News about several new restaurants with retail collaborations — including Parka in Minneapolis (pictured here).
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Kramarczuk’s, an Eastern European deli and restaurant in northeast Minneapolis, has won a James Beard American Classic Award.
The award is given to regional establishments, often family-owned, that are “treasured for their quality food, local character, and lasting appeal,” according to the Beard Foundation.
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Smack Shack (top) and Borough (bottom) are two of the new restaurants North Washington Avenue, the newest foodie hot spot in Minneapolis.
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Valentine’s Day is around the corner, so we’re talking food and romance. Specifically, couples that put romance to the test by running restaurants together.
Solveig Tofte owns and operates Sun Street Breads in Minneapolis with her husband Martin Ouimet. Tofte is in charge of baking and the kitchen, while Ouimet takes care of coffee and the front of house.
Read more about how they and other couples make it work.
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The Splendid Table’s Lynne Rosetto Kasper joined Tom Crann today to taste test three local butters: Land O’ Lakes, Hope Creamery and Rochdale.
An excerpt from the tasting:
Rosetto Kasper: Let it melt like chocolate on your tongue. It’s so nice. It has a bit of salty taste, even though all of these are unsalted butter. But it has, it reminds me of the pasture. What do you think?
Crann: I taste a little bit almost of white chocolate, at the beginning. But then it doesn’t get sweet. Richness.
Rosetto Kasper: It’s nice.
Crann: Rich and thick.
One night each month at St. Paul’s Maxfield Elementary, the gymnasium is transformed into a mobile food pantry where schoolkids can help their parents pick out free food. This program that started at Maxfield two years ago is now helping fight hunger at dozens of elementary schools around the country. “Meals for Minds” aims to improve academic performance by making sure that students get enough to eat when school is out.
Read more from reporter Julie Siple
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We’ll jump at any opportunity to post photos of delicious, delicious chocolate.
And if you want to be really jealous, listen to Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Tom Crann taste test these locally made artisan chocolates.
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Minnesota’s growing Latino population has been around long enough to put down roots, grow businesses and go through school, sometimes for generations.
But have white people and Latinos as communities made the connections that let them do more than live side by side in many towns around the state? Our Ground Level project has done a series of stories looking at how this playing out across greater Minnesota.
Read the stories.
La creciente población latina de Minnesota ha estado aquí por suficiente tiempo como para echar raíces, hacer crecer negocios y asistir a las escuelas, a veces por generaciones. Pero ¿han hecho las comunidades anglo y latinas las conexiones necesarias que les permita hacer algo más que no sea sólo vivir paralelamente en muchas ciudades en el estado?
Esa es una pregunta que Ground Level decidió explorar. Lea los artículos.
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