Grazefest 2007
I am so far behind, and have enjoyed so much good food recently. It seems to make sense to start at the farm. Last weekend, sister, her husband and KJ drove down to New Prague to visit Grazefest 2007.
Essentially, its a festival celebrating local and organic farming, and it was hosted by Cedar Summit [...]

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This is why I watch Iron Chef
This is a piece of sushi by Iron Chef Morimoto. He created it during “Battle Asparagus.” It is surrounded by a Dashi Foam. And Alton called it a church window. All I know, is I’ve never had any sushi this beautiful, and honestly, I’m not sure if I could [...]

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A Tiny Harvest.
I pulled my first tomatoes out of the garden today. Two perfect little grape tomatoes. They’re actually much larger than a grape, and I haven’t the heart to eat them quite yet. Maybe tomorrow. Along with them, I pulled off the first banana pepper and the remaining sugar snap peas. Dog got a [...]

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Taste #32: Cookbook Queen – Paulette Mitchell
Prolific ought to be Paulette Mitchell’s middle name (actually, it’s Gwendolyn, and she’s not fond of it). It suits a dynamo who has produced a dozen cookbooks since 1984, each one brainstormed and tested in the culinary think-tank otherwise known as her inviting Edina kitchen. Mitchell’s work has often [...]

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A light, impromptu lunch.
K took me out yesterday so I could learn how to ride my new scooter, and along the way we stopped at the lovely Birchwood Cafe for a glass of lemonade. Once inside, the idea grew into maybe something sweet. There were slices of cake, scones, berry cobblers and one totally [...]

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A Weekend of Eating – Right (Part 2)
On to part two (2). After that fabulous lunch we stopped by Coastal Seafoods to pick out our dinner. Coastal Seafoods is a local seafood market with just three locations (Minneapolis, St. Paul and Wayzata). Their quality is by far the best in the city and some of [...]

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A Weekend of Eating – Right (Part 1)
I have no problem planning my days around food. And Saturday was no exception. The In-laws came down for the day, and we decided to head downtown for lunch, walk through the new Guthrie Theater, and just putz around town. The temperatures were going to be in the [...]

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Cumin Pork Tenderloin, Tomatillo-Poblano Sauce
I try so many recipes, and hope that all of them end up in the “make-it-again-pile,” but so many don’t make the cut. Most of them are good, many of them are great, but few of them are really heartfelt-this-must-be-made-again-right-now good. The recipe below made this cut. And just an hour [...]

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A Crop Share Dinner – sort of
So, the extent of my crop share this summer has included some greens, some catnip and some peas. To be fair, they’ve had an insanely warm and dry spring, and most of their spring crops just weren’t able to pull through. Its a risk of going through a CSA. [...]

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