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Columnist/Reporter | Dining and Food

Phone: 612-673-4757

Rick Nelson is a restaurant critic and food writer, and he and Claude Peck are the "RN" and "CP," respectively, of Withering Glance, a Sunday column in variety. He also blogs with Lee Svitak Dean in a food blog, Table Talk.
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Corner Table shines with a new approach

REVIEW: New owners, a new chef and a new sensibility make nine-year-old Corner Table a new restaurant.

Updated: June 12, 2013, - 05:03 PM

Counter Intelligence: Birdhouse, Biella, Nectar close

Stewart and Heidi Woodman of four-star Heidi’s have pulled the plug on Birdhouse in Minneapolis. Also closed: Nectar in Osseo and Biella in Excelsior.

Updated: June 07, 2013, - 09:29 AM

Taste 50: It's the year of the farm

There are 79,400 family farms in Minnesota, but that number is just the beginning of the story. Government has its idea of what constitutes a farm — and a farmer — and we have ours. See why in the Taste 50.

Updated: June 06, 2013, - 11:27 AM

Taste 50: It's the year of the farm

Updated: June 05, 2013, - 02:02 PM

Last year's Taste 50

Our seventh-annual celebration of the individuals rocking the local food scene.

Updated: June 05, 2013, - 01:52 PM

Last year's Taste 50

Our 2012 celebration of the people rocking the local food scene.

Updated: June 05, 2013, - 01:52 PM

Lobster rolls and more at Smack Shack

REVIEW: What started as a food truck is now destination dining in the North Loop of Minneapolis.

Updated: May 29, 2013, - 09:59 PM

Ice cream treats keep us cool

It’s going to get hot — promise — and when it does, get ready to cool off with a made-on-the-premises frozen treat.

Updated: May 23, 2013, - 09:32 AM

Chef Shack Bay City opens

Food truckers-turned-restaurateurs Lisa Carlson and Carrie Summer are cooking Friday through Sunday, bricks-and-mortar-style, within a stone’s throw of Lake Pepin.

Updated: May 22, 2013, - 02:11 PM