Posted in Edible Resources, Minneapolis, tagged herb garden, thai eggplant, vegetable garden on May 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Finally, the garden is planted. Last year I had almost everything planted by the second weekend of May. Not so this year. It’s just been so darn cold. But finally, on the 25th, I got all my little plants into the ground.
Every year I say I’m going to cut back, then I run over to [...]
Posted in Edible Resources, Restaurants, Twin Cities, tagged Star Tribune 50, Twin Cities on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every year, the local Twin Cities paper publishes a list of 50 things to do/eat/experience, etc related to food. Last year, I made a commitment to do/eat/experience the 50 things in the next year. I think I made it a few months before becoming overwhelmed (and out of cash). This year I will make no [...]
Posted in Cooking, Edible Resources, Recipes, tagged Coastal Seafoods, new scenic cafe, Peanut Slaw, tuna tacos on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On the way home from work last Friday, I stopped at Coastal Seafoods to get a gift card for a friend, and picked up some tuna for us. The Tuna Tacos from the New Scenic Cafe were still on my mind, and I thought it would be fun to try to recreate them. A quick [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Travels, Uncategorized, tagged coho cafe, fresh lake trout, north shore on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
By day it’s a coffee shop and bakery. Albeit, a really great coffee shop and bakery. By night, they offer table service and great meals. After our more than ample lunch at New Scenic Cafe, we walked over to the Coho Cafe for dinner.
Of course we had to start with an appetizer, and looking over [...]
Posted in Edible Resources, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, tagged A Cooks Tour, Anthony Bourdain, Farmers Markets, Twin Cities on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night, when absently watching Anthony Bourdain in A Cooks’ Tour, my ears perked up when he said, “The best food always comes from someone you know.” Okay, maybe I can’t quote him directly, but he was sitting on a balcony overlooking the ocean on the island of St. Martin, eating a creole chicken that [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Travels, Uncategorized, tagged new scenic cafe, north shore, tuna tacos on May 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A weekend on the North Shore meant lots of food, lots of hiking and lots of wine. Our first stop was a favorite that we first went to last summer, the New Scenic Cafe. Eight miles north of Duluth, the Scenic relies on fresh, seasonal ingredients for their unique menu. Since there were four of [...]
Posted in Cooking, tagged black beans, easy dinner, heurvos rancheros on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We made Heurvos Rancheros for dinner the other night. It’s a great, easy meal, made with ingredients that are easy to store in your kitchen. We used the recipe from the Joy of Cooking as a guide, and then took off on our own. We basically did the following:
Posted in Edible Resources, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Uncategorized, tagged chicken enchilada soup, Cupcake, Southeast Minneapolis on May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My morning commute yesterday took me to Southeast Minneapolis, a neighborhood I rarely get to. But I’ve been dying to try a new-ish place on East University Avenue so I left a few minutes early and made a quick stop at Cupcake. To begin with, this coffee shop/bakery has a great name, don’t you think? [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, Twin Cities, Uncategorized, tagged chipotle ketchup, homemade fries, wild rice brats on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s a Friday night in early May, it’s sunny and warm and you’re hungry. So you grill. You’ve got fresh wild rice brats from the Farmers Market last weekend, and a few big Yukon potatoes you grabbed at the co-op the other day when you stopped for lunch. There’s a meal here, somewhere. Next, you [...]
Posted in Edible Resources, Minneapolis, Restaurants, Twin Cities, Uncategorized, tagged Chocolate Guiness Stout Cake, Cue at the Guthrie, Mother's Day Brunch on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We spent this Mother’s Day with Husband’s side of the family, and went to Brunch at Cue at the Guthrie. Husband and I went there a couple years ago, shortly after they opened and had a really delicious lunch. We hoped it would be just as good as we remembered it. Maybe it was the [...]
