Great Taste

The longing for "real food"

At times a search goes on that can take us to faraway lands. Here is a recent post from the Chefs Collaborative's blog: 

http://chefscollaborative.org/category/blog/  

Don't set sail for Europa yet. This Saturday is Rochester's first-ever Healthy Living Fair, next to the Rochester Downtown Farmers Market. Also, the outdoor farmers market is increasing its frequency from once to twice per week.

More on RDFM's new Wednesday market:  http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1457841

Hopeful signs of growing interest in where our food comes from....

Thank you, Mr. Bittman

Check out blogger Mark Bittman at New York Times online....His post about global trends in meat and seafood consumption is spot-on. 

If you read this blog and are motivated to act locally, here, for starters, is the website of VIGR--Vegetarian Information Group of Rochester. 

Want something fluffy and yellow right now?

Check out this Lanesboro cook' s tempting recipe for lemon meringue pie--with plenty of photos to help it along.

http://cookoutofthebox.blogspot.com/

 

"Downtown sushi" may return to Roch

Here's the scoop, in case you didn't see it previously on Kiger's blog:

http://postbulletin.typepad.com/kiger/2011/03/sushi-is-shimmying-back-into-downtown.html

 

Skip the corny jokes--Des Moines has great food

Metro Des Moines has become a genuine culinary destination. Baru 66 is on the national foodie radar.   

Check out this blog: http://traveliowa.blogspot.com/2011/03/food-wine-and-conversation-at-baru-66.html

 

Minnesota home cook website to love

Visit Food for My Family

Here is that idiosyncratic Minnesota mom recipe site that has the elusive combination of writing, photography, and cultural cooking panache to make it the "one we've been longing for."

Check out Shaina Olmanson's recipe for her grandmother's kugelhopf.  And watch husband Ole's how-to video on smoking barbecued ribs!       

Surly beer fans, this is for you

Much brew-haha over Brooklyn Center-based Surly Brewing Co. coming to town. 

News from other PB bloggers:

http://postbulletin.typepad.com/kiger/2011/02/surly-to-celebrate-5th-in-roch.html

http://postbulletin.typepad.com/center_stage/

What's all the fuss about? If you look at ratings from BeerAdvocate, it's easier to get the picture. (Or should that be pitcher?*)

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13014

*I have to ask my blogging compatriots and readers: Is there any place in Southeast MN where you can order Surly's on tap, at the moment?

What do hungry Madison protesters eat most?

GG has never tried Ian's Pizza but she is ready to protest for a slice now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMv6KyvDns

And she's particularly curious because Madison-based Ian's has an outpost on Clark Street in pizza-crazy Chicago.  

Here is Ian's very own blog: http://ianspizza.com/speakEasy/

 

Now for something completely different....

It's a blog called "Jelly Shot Test Kitchen."

http://jelly-shot-test-kitchen.blogspot.com/

Told-ja....It's really different. The kitchen is located in Edina, after all.

BTW: These are alcoholic beverages served in gelatin form. 

Lose the January blues....Make sauerkraut!

Lanesboro blogger Peggy Hanson offers step-by-step instructions:

http://cookoutofthebox.blogspot.com/