My twitter comment asking which Christmas band was worsel Trans Siberian Orchestra or Manheim Steamroller sparked some replies in favor and some calling me crazy. One follower asked what I thought was good Christmas music so I decided to do this non-food related post. Every year my favorite Christmas songs change. There are some staples that will […]
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Pacific Produce, the new Asian marketplace at 27th & Grange in Greenfield, opened 2 weeks ago to little fanfare and publicity. Given the hype that a new Sendik’s or Metro Market generates, I am surprised at the lack of local media coverage. Then again they probably don’t have a pr or marketing department. Let […]
For many Americans the ritual of buying meat is a boring and impersonal ordeal. Everything is in a neat package on display in refrigerated cases. Everything has been cut down into pretty steaks and roasts with no imperfections and no indication that it actually came from a living breathing thing. That seems to be changing, albeit on a very […]
No you don’t have to wander around the City eating testicles, tounges and tripe as you would expect a contest with Mr. Zimmern to entail. Here are the details: M I LWAUKEE, WI (October 11, 2010) – Last month was the Twin Cities’ chance to find two tickets to paradise through an innovative digital treasure […]
My friend Kristina recently posted a delicious looking recipe on her TNLocavore blog for Basil Peach Sangria. I also found an old seltzer maker at a thrift store. What do these things have to do with each other? Well I decided to take the elements of her recipe but twist it around a bit using my […]
Ramps ramps ramps. With the coming of spring also comes the annual barrage of the foodieverse talking about ramps. The ramp craze has gone so far that there is now a ramp backlash (I predict the burger backlash cannot be far behind). The blog, Shut Up Foodies even includes ramps in their tag line: […]
Seems everyone with any interest in local food is buying up community supported agriculture (CSA) shares, locking in weekly (or bi-weekly) market baskets /boxes of fresh, seasonal, and most importantly, local produce, eggs and sometimes meat as well. Last summer my wife and I decided we would try one in 2010. I’ve done research and I […]
Everyone has end of year lists so I figured I would make some random Best of 2009 list as filler because I probably won’t post again until after the new year. So here goes… Best meal of the year has to be from Graham Elliot in Chicago. So many courses, so many incredible tastes. […]
Amy Lunde who represents the Food Allergy Initiative wrote me a couple weeks back and asked if I would write about food alergies. Since I don’t have any and am not that familiar with the topic I asked if she would like to post something. She wrote back and sent me the following tips for dining […]
I was paging through my newest Penzey’s catalog and saw this note on the salt page and was kind of shocked to read this little message from Bill Penzey. We’re cutting back on salt. A really good and healthy thing going on with food right now is that people are using less salt. We want to […]
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