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June 22, 2009, 9:21 AM

Family Affair

By Andrew Zimmern

Yes, just to set the record straight—since I have gotten a flood of e-mails about it throughout the last few days—my father-in-law, Bill Haas, is indeed the same Bill Haas running for governor of our great state. He announced two weeks ago. There is a bumper sticker on my car now that reads, “left wing Lindsay liberal Jews for Haas.” I believe it’s one-of-a-kind

June 10, 2009, 10:47 AM

Wolfgang's In Town

By Andrew Zimmern

Last month I let you know about a taco truck I love in LA and asked the question, why not here? Check out this video from CNN about the taco truck being a Twitter hit. I maintain the position that here in Mpls./St Paul, we are a perfect market for mobile food vendors of all species, especially in this fragile economy. If the local city governments would make it easier for entrepreneurs to open businesses such as these, it would be a huge boon to our downtown areas and extended metro neighborhoods. Check out this link to a NRN article on the mobile food truck craze.

May 28, 2009, 8:27 AM

FRESH Ideas

By Andrew Zimmern

Here is a great idea for a movie night adventure for everyone you know. Check out FRESH, which is showing at the Riverview Theater next Wednesday, June 3rd at 7 p.m. FRESH features urban farmer/ activist Will Allen of Growing Power, the recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Genius Grant, and sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin of Omnivore's Dilemma fame. According to Tracy Singelton of Birchwood Cafe, “FRESH offers real-life stories of real-life local foods heroes working hard every day toward a shared vision of an American food system that is environmentally sustainable, socially just, healthy, and tastes good too!”

May 22, 2009, 2:42 PM

Ah, Summer

By Andrew Zimmern

Ahhh. The sweet smell of freshly fried cheese curds wafting along on the gentle breezes of an August morning. It's that time of year! I have the first State Fair update of the season. These little treats will be on sale at the Eco Experience booth. Nice!

May 5, 2009, 7:40 PM

Award-Winning Twin Cities

By Andrew Zimmern

Congrats to Tim McKee for grabbing a very well-deserved James Beard award for best chef in our region. Third time’s a charm. More on that later . . . .

April 8, 2009, 7:58 AM

Foreign Correspondent

By Andrew Zimmern

I spent all of the last week on the road, so this week's post is all about life away from home. . . .

I am on planes a lot and always devour all the airline mags. The problem is that I am always tearing pages out of them and have never found a back-of-pocket air-zine worth taking off the plane or subscribing to—until now. I am sure you will all accuse me of drinking the company Kool-Aid because MSP Communications publishes it, but the new Delta Sky magazine is AMAZING. It is loaded with the kind of info that everyone who travels, eats, reads, or shops needs to know. Congrats to everyone, especially Jayne Haugen Olson who runs the show at the new monthly. Look for it next time you are airborne.

March 31, 2009, 3:45 PM

Quality Control

By Andrew Zimmern

Well, I never thought I would live to see the day when Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Benicio del Toro, Jonah Hill, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, and I would all write the same film-centric blog post, but here it is . . . . More intriguing to me was something I read in a Kate Rogers blurb in the current issue of our magazine writing about The Green Room. She wrote:

March 11, 2009, 2:56 PM

Special Events

By Andrew Zimmern

Adrienne Odom, formerly of Aquavit Minneapolis and La Belle Vie (she was tapped by food maven Marcus Samuelsson to lead his NYC-based pastry team more than a year ago), has moved back to the Twin Cities and is offering a five-course dessert tasting menu with wine/beer/coffee pairings at the Armitage Room at Cafe Maude for $45 on Sunday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. Call 612-822-5411 for reservations, space is extremely limited.

February 11, 2009, 8:49 AM

Gastro Non Grata

By Andrew Zimmern

Ouch! Talk about a bad call. My Top Chef semifinalist pick, Jamie Lauren from San Fran, got bounced last week right after I picked her to go to the finals with Stefan. What I didn’t count on was her taking the gas pipe in the Ripert copycat competition. That was a tough task, but she kind of gave up on the job at hand, or was that just my imagination?

November 18, 2008, 1:34 PM

Wanderlust

By Andrew Zimmern

Tonight on Travel Channel is the Maine episode of Bizarre Foods, marking the television debut of both my son and my dad, and we all get to eat together. Amazing. Plus, a culinary death match with dozens of local Portland chefs, a day of lobstering with Linda Greenlaw, and, of course, plenty of moose and beaver. I love this episode and hope you do, too. For the record, the food at Hugo's, 555, Back Bay Grill, Evangeline, and at Fore Street (if they opened here in our town) would automatically make them top-ten eateries. For anyone looking for a great food vacation, Maine, and the Portland area in particular, is an incredible destination.