Model host

May 23, 2012 at 9:38PM
(Margaret Andrews — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

We could all take a lesson in generosity (and, let's face it, marketing smarts) from Josh Brown. On the first Thursday of every month, the Gather chef opens his kitchen —and menu — to a who's-who of local culinary big shots (including Tim McKee, Isaac Becker, Alex Roberts and Steven Brown), and everybody wins: Diners enjoy face time with top chefs (and delicious free samples of their work), and Brown burnishes his hospitality credentials by hosting what might be the Cities' most entertaining regularly scheduled food event.

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