Happy Halloween!!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween. We’ll be handing out candy, nothing fancy, and then making this awesome Tilapia Dish. The spicy curry sounded right for a spooky night. Enjoy!

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Pad Thai on Grand

I love Thai Food. We have two favorite Thai restaurants near our home; True Thai on Franklin in Minneapolis and Pad Thai on Grand in St. Paul. Last week a friend and I went to Pad Thai on Grand after a quick workout. She had never been to a Thai restaurant before, so I explained [...]

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Guest Post: Wild Rice Restaurant

A couple of years ago I read about a restaurant in Bayfield, WI and knew I had to try it. I did, and I wish I could go back every year, or every few months. A friend of mine, K, was fortunate enough to celebrate her 40th birthday in Bayfield and had a lovely dinner [...]

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Lake of the Woods Fish Fry

A couple of months ago the In-Laws drove 7 hours to the Lake of the Woods to go fishing. The Lake of the Woods is in way, way northern Minnesota and on the US-Canada border. In fact, the lake is really in both countries. They brought back their quota of Walleye and we finally had [...]

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Quote for the Weekend

“Cooking is not brain surgery -
all you need is good ingredients,
some simple equipment,
and the desire to cook
for those you love.”
- Ethan Becker
{Ethan Becker is the son of Marion Rombauer Becker and the grandson of Irma S. Rombauer, the original author of The Joy of Cooking.}

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Bargain Book: Moveable Feasts

I picked up this book off the $1 cart at the Strand Bookstore in New York City. What a bargain!
From Strand Bookstore
So much is made of the “food miles” our meals travel, but did you know that shipping food across continents has been around since the earliest times? In this book, acclaimed Financial Times writer [...]

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Indian Cashew Chicken

I saw this recipe for Indian Cashew Chicken in the recent issue of Cooking Light and I knew I had to try it. Last week I hit the store, got everything I needed and then looked closer at the recipe and realized I had to marinate the chicken for 3 hours or overnight. Seeing it [...]

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Very Berry (and Sweet) French Toast Bake

I bought a loaf of Challah this past week at Yum in St. Louis Park. And I realized there was really no way we were going to get through the whole thing if I didn’t do something about it. I started looking around, and found a recipe for Berry French Toast on Cookinglight.com. I knew [...]

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From the Garden to the Plate

I planted 5 basil plants this past spring. And then a coworker brought me a pot of basil seedlings that she didn’t have room for. The result? A whole lot of beautiful basil. I had been picking it through the summer for pastas and salads, but now that the temperature is dropping into the 40s, [...]

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Sunday in New York

Feet tired. Crowds getting annoying. Subway waits getting long. But we still had to eat.

After a trip through MOMA, lunch at an Indian Buffet in Manhattan.

Followed by a rich chocolate cupcake at Magnolia Bakery.

And a really amazing Burger and Fries at Bartabac in Brooklyn.
Then off to the airport and back to the reality of [...]

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