James Beard? In the Twin Cities, it’s all about Charlie
The Charlie Awards, something like Minnesota's answer to the James Beard Awards, is now in its 7th year.
Named for Charlie’s Café Exceptionale, a Minneapolis restaurant that closed in 1982 after a nearly 50-year run as...
Healthy breakfasts you won’t want to skip
We’ve heard it all before: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Sometimes, maybe more often than not, it becomes too time-consuming to make an actual well-balanced breakfast before leaving for work, school,...
Recipe of the Week: King Crab Chowder
What to do with holiday dinner leftovers? It's soup season and there is never a bad time for chowder. Here's a quick and easy recipe - something I made with leftover king crab legs...
The 50 Best Restaurants in St. Paul
The Best Restaurants in St. Paul, MN
As 2017 comes to a close, we celebrate a year in which St. Paul finally comes into its own as a food city. Not that there...
Recipe of the Week: Curry Yogurt Chicken
This recipe is best if the chicken can sit on the marinade for 24 hours. If you are in a pinch, though, 4 hours left at room temperature will do just fine.
Curry Yogurt Chicken ...
Coming soon: The Twin Cities’ very own cookbook club
This has nothing to do with the latest Kim Bartmann restaurant, Book Club, which opened in Minneapolis' Armatage neighborhood a few weeks ago (though we hear it is excellent). Yes, we are clearly talking...
“C” is for Cookie
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a cookie problem. And I have no shame in sharing that. I have always had an obsession with cookies, and no matter how full I...
‘Dragon Ball’ fans: There’s a café just for you in Osaka
A Chinese restaurant in Osaka, Japan, has converted into an all-Dragon Ball-everything café and diner. That means themed food and drink, and artwork and limited edition merchandise for sale.
Tokokuro, a restaurant in the Osaka prefecture of...
Recipe of the Week: Apple Butter Bread
This is an adaptation of mom's famous banana bread recipe. I found myself with oodles of apples this fall, and had to make apple butter or face losing them completely. Slowly, but surely, finding...
Charcoal: Naughty or nice?
Charcoal: Not just for naughty children at Xmas time. Consuming and applying activated charcoal has become all the rage, found in everything from fancy lattes to detox remedies and facial cleansers. Powdered charcoal is...
