Eat & Drink
September 8, 2016

Opening soon: Cooks of Crocus Hill's North Loop outpost

The culinary store and school is launching its first Minneapolis outpost on Sept. 17.
Eat & Drink
September 8, 2016
Pizza Farm in the city? Yep, thanks to Kieran Folliard and Co.

Pizza Farm in the city? Yep, thanks to Kieran Folliard and Co.

The Food Building hosts its third monthly pizza farm on Thursday night.
Eat & Drink
September 8, 2016
Veuve Clicquot champagne parties bubbling up around town

Veuve Clicquot champagne parties bubbling up around town

A weekend of events culminates with a champagne "float."
Taste
September 8, 2016
Provided Icelandic Provisions' skyr is now available locally. ORG XMIT: dGZCpsFnGC0m0ooRN1ae

What's cooking: Learn about aquavit and make your own at the Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa

Eat & Drink
September 7, 2016
Bark and the Bite food truck ORG XMIT: MIN1604181256033309

Bark and the Bite food truck opens a brick-and-mortar counter Friday

The venue is not one they had searched for, but after the owners discovered a month ago that a neighborhood store was searching for a new tenant, everything just felt right.
Eat & Drink
September 7, 2016
From left, James Elm and Michael Agan Restaurant review: Xavi. A small, ambitious neighborhood restaurant, run by chef Michael Agan, a longtime Twin C

Xavi redefines the neighborhood restaurant in Minneapolis

At small-scale Xavi, the same-old, same-old is questioned, and rejected.
Taste
September 7, 2016
Star Tribune photo Whole Grain Milling Tortilla Chips.

Whole Grain Milling Tortilla Chips come with a pedigree

Whole Grain Milling Tortilla Chips is one of the nation's few farm-to-chip businesses.
Eat & Drink
September 7, 2016
Provided photo Nate Klostermann, a University of Minnesota food-science major who became an early adopter of the craft-beer movement and his now head

How do you become a winemaker? A tale of a practical education

Patience and persistence forge the path for this food-science major from the U of M.
Variety
September 7, 2016
Salted Tahini Spread is an easy dip with carrots and apple slices. Oranges will keep the apples from turning brown too fast. (Diedra Laird/Charlotte O

Brush up on your lunchbox skills for the kids (and you)

Lunchtime shortcuts will make your life easier.
Taste
September 7, 2016
Herbed Couscous Salad With Smoked Mozzarella in Lettuce Cups With Creamy Basil Dressing

Lettuce wraps serve up a handful of dinner

A leaf of lettuce, some filling and you're set with a meal.
Taste
September 7, 2016
Grilled Italian Sausages With Peppers and Onions

Dinner tonight made easy with grilled sausages, peppers and onions

The great thing about cooking in September is that the air is still warm, but not hot, which makes grilling an even more pleasurable pastime.
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September 7, 2016
End of Summer Pasta Fasulu

Soup of the season: Pasta fasulu needs no recipe

A little bit of this, a little bit of that and you've got a soup — pasta fasulu — that changes according to what you have available.
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September 7, 2016
Kale Smash and Hummus Sandwiches with marinated tomatoes and Keen Green Salad. (Diedra Laird/Charlotte Observer/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1189009

Tips for packing lunch

Eat & Drink
September 7, 2016
Site of the soon-to-open J. Selby's at 169 N. Victoria St. in St. Paul.

New 'plant-based' restaurant to open in St. Paul — just don't call it vegan

A former River Falls general surgeon's decision to leave his field and open the "plant-based" J. Selby's restaurant was in part inspired by his time in the world of health care.
Eat & Drink
September 6, 2016
Evan Sallee, left, is a co-founder and Peter Heidorn, right, is the marketing manager who just came on board.Fair State Brewing, the state's only coop

Fair State Brewing adding production facility in St. Paul

Fair State Brewing of Minneapolis will add a production facility in Midway District
Music
September 6, 2016
Thousands packed the Minnesota State Fair Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota State Fair tops attendance record with 1,943,719

Eat & Drink
September 3, 2016
Co-owners and sisters Amy Kelsch, left, and Chrissy Kelsch at Empire Coffee and Pastry in Minneapolis January 31, 2014. Amy is the pastry chef. (Court

Foodies can't wait for these 3 Twin Cities restaurants to open

Thinking about an expansion and two reboots is making us hungry.
Eat & Drink
September 3, 2016

Wine of the Week: 2015 Vigneti Zanatta 'Orion' Vermentino di Sardegna

Eat & Drink
September 2, 2016
Rick Nelson, Star Tribune Minnesota State Fair 2016: New food Reuben Pickle Dog at Pickle Dog.

Ranking all 47 new foods at the Minnesota State Fair (and where to find them)

47 new foods. Ten hours. One critic. Rick Nelson sampled it all at the State Fair; $450 later, here's his take.
Eat & Drink
September 2, 2016
Burger Friday: At Miller's, a role model of a dive-bar burger

Burger Friday: At Miller's, a role model of a dive-bar burger

Nothing fancy-schmancy for this neighborhood hangout. Instead, an honest, well-made cheeseburger, for $6.75.

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