I think it’s the simultaneous winding down and cranking up that makes May so insane. School/kids are winding down and the fever for Summer Fun is cranking up … I want to get to every event, every food truck rally, soccer game, choir concert, backyard barbecue that I can. I see this wild need in everyone’s…
Taste-A-Whirl
That’s right, it’s time for Art-A-Whirl up in the Nordeast neighborhoods and many of the local bars and restaurants are putting on their posh frocks in celebration. I like art, but art makes me peckish (I know, everything makes me peckish) so I do all the digging of where to find food and art…
F3: Mother’s Pride
Truthfully, I am still brimming with glittery happiness on this Fresh Forkin’ Friday from yesterday’s historic House vote. And it’s so perfect that it would happen on Mother’s Day weekend, because don’t all mommies of any flavor/size/political-wing really just want their children to thrive, be successful humans, and find love? I can now almost believe that one of my four kids could have the same…
Crawfish Boil!
There’s nothing wrong with a little pinching and sucking, especially when it comes to mudbugs (you cheek). I’m a huge fan of the crayfish/crawfish boil, in which you boil a whole mess of the little buggers, then squeeze their tails and suck their heads to get the goods. It’s a down-home good time whether you’re embracing…
F3: Feeling Minnesota
F3: Grill Envy
This Fresh Forkin’ Friday I have something to confess … I don’t own a grill. I used to own one, a giant commercial-grade double-wide gas grill that was hard-wired into an outdoor gas line, but we sold it because, honestly, it was too much heat. I’m not kidding, you could tell it was grilling season by…
Dinner in White: Part Deux
I know we are ready to be done with the white stuff, but maybe you are thinking ahead to the glory days of summer and the Dinner in White that we wrote about in the August issue. Let’s have a moment to dream:
F3: Narnia
This Fresh Forkin’ Friday I am writing this from, apparently, Narnia. Uncle.
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OPENS
Acqua, the fresh little Italian joint in White Bear Lake, has opened their second location, Acqua Forest Lake in that little boathouse that used to be run by Joan Ida a million years ago. While the original…
The Newest Bitters Maker In Town: YOU!
You are a cocktailer. You are a budding mixologist. You can read modern drink menus and you actually have a clue what Averna and Cocchi Americano are. And this whole bitters thing … it has you intrigued. It seems like you run into the term “house bitters” everywhere and you’re beginning to think … Why not…
F3: The Death of Manners
This Fresh Flaky Friday I have a story for you. On Wednesday night, some ladies and I were eating at Spill the Wine, Joy was checking out the new digs and we were having a good time. We were laughing, and admittedly we can be a bit loud, but good golly we weren’t screaming,…
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