Food & Dining
You’re Welcome At Sara’s Table Chester Creek Cafe
Tucked away in a nook of Duluth’s Chester Park Neighborhood is the famed At Sara’s Table Chester Creek Cafe (ATSCC). For the past 20 years, Carla Blumberg and Barbara Neubert have embraced community, hospitality, and the farm-to-table movement to create one of Minnesota’s most iconic locations to grab a bite – and stay for a…
Meet Connecticut’s Best Chef: Renee Touponce and Her Amazing Dishes
Being considered for a James Beard Award is one of the greatest honors a restaurant or a chef can achieve. A great example is the work that Chef Sean Sherman and his flagship restaurant Owmani has achieved in the past few years here in the Twin Cities. In fact, Owamni was named Restaurant of The…
Eat The Menu: Farm To Table
My grandparents—long gone—had never entered a restaurant in their lives: Why waste your hard-earned money to gussy up in scratchy Sunday outfits to eat a meal (which which fork?) served by somebody not your kin, who could instantly spot you as a hayseed straight off the Back Forty? No, thank you! They’d far more enjoy…
Meet Jeney Christensen, Empress of Joy, and founder of Peney Cakes!
If you’re looking for the sweetest treat of the summer, look no further than Fergus Falls, Minnesota’s own Peney Cakes! Peney Cakes is a local cupcakery with the most delicious, unique, and wacky flavors, all run by queer entrepreneur, Jeney Christensen (she/her). Christensen opened Peney Cakes with the dream of delivering sweetness to her community….
Welcome to the Wafflelution: Heart-Shaped for a Reason
When we think of traditional breakfast foods in the United States, we think of eggs, bacon, pancakes, hashbrowns and, of course, the beloved square-filled treat, the waffle. But have you ever had a Nordic Waffle? “It’s thinner, softer, and more like a crepe,” says Stine Aasland, Norway native and founder of the Minnesotan company Nordic…
Dancing Bear Chocolates Brings Joy to Minneapolis
If you’ve been anywhere near Thomas Avenue North, you might have spotted a cute little corner shop advertising “Chocolate, Gelato, Pastry & Smiles.” This is the home of Dancing Bear Chocolates, an artisan-crafted sweets shop you won’t want to miss. About the Founders This delightful shop was founded by partners Steven Howard and Joe Skiffer…
Eat The Menu: Open House
Restaurateur David Fhima has been opening restaurants in the Twin Cities for almost as long as I’ve been writing about them. Yet the geography around which his cooking has focused always remains constant: the traditional dishes of Mediterranean kitchens, from Spain to Morocco and more. So it’s no big leap to welcome Maison Margaux, which…
From The Editor: Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice
This issue is full of sugar and spice. And, no, I am not talking about the drag twins from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15 and TikTok. This is about Summer Treats and Sweets. These are the ultimate summer getaways of fantasy and delight. Sugar, spice, and everything nice – all served up for your indulgence….
Eat The Menu: Farm-Fresh Harvest
Q: What happens when a couple of foodies wish they could walk to dinner? A: Herbst. It’s the shiny, new restaurant serving the newly-condo-ized St. Anthony Park neighborhood along St. Paul’s Raymond Avenue, occupying a classic 1920s building, vacant for ages. Its new owners (it helps that one of them boasts connections to Tilia’s successful…
Celebrate French Gastronomy On Bret’s Table Tours
If you love food and drink, what if you were able to go somewhere that celebrates excellence in taste and execution? And where you go? Twin Cities-based gourmet connoisseur Bret Bannon has an invitation for you. If you join on one of his Bret’s Table Tours, you get to experience the finest the culinary world…
