Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Yes, I said that. Where does the time fly? Enjoy the recipe at the end of column . . . hit the grill and have some fun . . . it’s a classic original dish and a great way to kick of the summer eating season.
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I also said this: I know all work is derivative at some point, but…
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Summer is officially here. I am peeling slightly from the sunburn I got on Sunday, and that’s OK. It’s (almost) June and I’m ready for more. There is a certain cocktail on my mind that is synonymous with hot, steamy weather. It has an exotic history (Pirates! Cuba! Hemingway!) and it’s most refreshing when you have managed to get the sun on your shoulders…
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I understand how people can be skeptical of sake. I was skeptical of it for a long time. Until working at Surdyk’s, my only experience of sake had been warm, fuel-like alcohol that I was served at a restaurant that used knife-wielding cooks and flames created by said sake as a form of entertainment. My eyelashes were somewhat singed, and the sake was memorably…
The James Beard Foundation Awards just concluded this past weekend, and as an attendee, I thought I would throw out some random thoughts about the event, and some ideas about things I saw and heard . . . in no particular order.
The awards themselves are an awards show, and like any Awards list or Best Of, there will be controversy on every aspect of…
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Minnesota is the land of the one-dish meal, better known as hot dish or casserole. There’s definitely something to this. Why dirty up a multitude of pots and pans when you can feed an army from one large dish? I’m all for easy entertaining, and while old-school Midwestern food has recently come back into vogue, I’d prefer to serve my guests something with a…
It’s time to lose weight, y’all! This is from HuffPo, entitled “Obesity Epidemic: As America’s collective waistline grows, healthcare costs soar” . The study is amazing especially the comparisons to smokers and to health care costs as we age (might not be what you expect) but the defense echoed about halfway through that people can be healthier at any size is the most destructive…
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Is it just me, or is anyone else tired of mixed greens and balsamic vinaigrette ? With summer fast approaching, I’ve got salads on the brain. While the season has yet to officially kick off, I’m already feeling bored. Salads are undoubtedly the go-to meal of warmer months, a perfect way to use up those overflowing CSA boxes and fresh veggies from the garden….
Here’s the stat of the week: Food waste equals 25 percent of total food production. One quarter! That’s equivalent to 2.5 percent of total U.S. energy consumption. Wake up, kids; that 2.5 percent is more than all the ethanol produced in U.S. in 2011. That’s staggering. How can we fix this horrific issue? Well, believe it or not, proximity breeds efficiency and decreases waste. That’s…
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This week is the Belgian Ale sale. I’ll admit I did not drink enough Belgian Ale, even though I really like beer. I drink plenty of beer. I enjoy microbrews, and local brews and craft beers with weird names.
Enter Molly Auron, our assistant beer buyer. Here’s the thing about Molly: She LOVES Belgian beer and her enthusiasm about the brew is enough to…
Spicy tuna rolls, the kind served in supermarkets around the country, even here in Minnesota have been linked to a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. I think its time once again to realize that commoditized ‘cheap’ food, mass produced and mass distributed is dangerous. Imagine what will happen when this happens in a local school lunch program? Or senior center? Like…
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