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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine web editor Maura Ryan tours the new TCF Bank Stadium and wine columnist Bill Coy previews some of his favorite international wines at this year's Taste! event.
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Craving a great place for breakfast? Mpls.St.Paul Magazine restaurant critic Beth Dooley guides you to five mouth-watering Twin Cities breakfast spots that sizzle.
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What does the host of Travel Channel’s Man v. Food like most about Minneapolis? Find out when Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's restaurant columnist and host of Bizarre Foods Andrew Zimmern interviews Man v. Food’s Adam Richman at a location shoot at Brasa Rotisserie.
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine restaurant columnist and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern, interviews Tim McKee and Josh Thoma, owners of La Belle Vie, Solera, Smalley’s Caribbean Barbeque & Pirate Bar, and Barrio, about the secret sauce to their success. Plus, find out what’s in award-winning chef Tim McKee’s refrigerator.
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Hungry for something new? Mpls.St.Paul Magazine associate editor Stephanie March takes you on a tour of some of our editors’ picks of the best new restaurants in the Twin Cities, featuring moto-i, Black Sheep Pizza, Barrio, Sen Yai Sen Lek, and The Strip Club.
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Steve Marsh, Bill Swanson, Stephanie March, and Adam Platt fire up their taste buds in a gutsy eating contest featuring Chino Latino's new Habanero Hell Poppers. They're flame-tastic!
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Bakery guru Beth Dooley tours some of her favorite Twin Cities sweet shops.
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Search hundreds of recipes from top Twin Cities chefs, restaurants, and celebrities. Find entries by Andrew Zimmern, host of the Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel, WCCO's Don Shelby, chef Steven Brown, restaurants Palomino and W.A. Frost, and more.
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Controversial? Yes. Delicious? Oh yes. Andrew Zimmern shares his recipe for Foie Gras Mousse.
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Here's the lowdown, what to eat and what to skip, on four new burger joints that do more than serve up meat on a bun.
blog by Mpls.St. Paul Food + Dining Editors
F3: Focus
by Stephanie March
on November 6, 2009 What I could use this Fresh Forkin' Friday is a little deluge of rain. Just a smidgen of cold badness would be better than the awfully...
 Bache-Gabrielsen (pronounced BAKA) has been making Cognac for more than 100 years. Yet, until recently, it has never been available in the United States....
blog by Andrew Zimmern
Last weekend, I was at the Food & Wine Experience at the Kohler resort in Kohler, Wisconsin, about an hour north of Milwaukee. Make your... Doug Flicker’s Piccolo will open in the old Agri space at 43rd and Bryant, and it should be up and running by January. I know...
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501 offers hearty meals including baked egg casserole, eggs Benedict, thick-cut hash, monkey bread, and Swedish pancakes.
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Barbette has a commitment to local, seasonal food, and brunch highlights include fresh pastries, fantastic eggs Benedict, and a lovely gooey Crocque Madame.
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Made-from-scratch breakfast basics, also include huevos rancheros with avocado and chorizo, at this highly eclectic and slightly eccentric storefront restaurant.
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Victor's brunch offers traditional Cuban fare, from mango and corn pancakes to picadillo with fried eggs.
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Meritage's brunch spread includes perfectly turned-out omelets, spicy bloody marys, brioche French toast, a memorable eggs benedict, and corned beef hash so good it may just lift your spirit.
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Mill City Café is a breakfast and lunch joint with the soul of a coffee shop__sustained by a loyal cadre of Northeast arty types and a few Warehouse District river-jumpers.
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The Green Room is a relaxed, friendly cafe that offers a straightforward and comforting brunch menu with a slight French twist.
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The Strip Club serves hangover food and doesn’t apologize for it.
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The Craftsman may have a basic menu, but it’s simplicity is still finger-lickin’ good.
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Nicollet Island Inn presents a distinct elegance along with savory fare, such as chicken paillard with a soft-boiled egg.
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Creative and occasionaly puntastic food, such as Green Eggs and Ham, sets the stage at Kim Bartmann’s Red Stag Supperclub.
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The mood at Butter Bakery Café is friendly and informal with a touch of chaos and offers an ecclectic menu.
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Qualms aside, there are plenty of compelling reasons to brunch here.
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Brunch at this small, friendly café is a lesson in indulgence without outright extravagance. Down-to-earth food, such as gooey pull-apart cinnamon buns, comes with a side of personality at Bon Vie.
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Nick and Eddie is the perfect place to soak up last night’s party or gab with
girlfriends while digging into baked eggs on brioche with ham.
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Our five picks of must-visit restaurants that sizzle this month.
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Check out our favorite eats in Stillwater, where every season seems to be the right one.
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Wally's Roast Beef shows just how far you can go on the great food/quick service mantra.
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This comfortable café serves Brazilian fare, including grilled meats and condiments such as rice, fried plantains, fried yucca, and farofa—a mixture of yucca, flour, garlic, paprika, and bacon.
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There is a whole lot more to Italian wine than the Gucci and Prada versions. Here are some favorites we can all afford.
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Excelsior is a great day trip and a good eating town, from morning to night. Here's our lowdown on restaurants worth checking out.
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This Linden Hills neighborhood Italian restauarant has a tight menu of antipasti, primi, secondi, sidedishes and desserts—designed to change daily depending on what’s fresh and available.
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Prices are as friendly as the service at this Greek-American restaurant in Eden Prairie.
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Mix it up with these five whites from around the world that are young with little or no oak and are not made to be cellared.
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Victor's brunch offers traditional Cuban fare, from mango and corn pancakes to picadillo with fried eggs.
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This overanalyzed French region has more to offer than $600 reds and Byzantine labeling. See our five Bordeaux picks.
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Cheeky Monkey Deli on St. Paul's Selby Avenue specializes in upscale sandwiches with downscale counter service and prices that let you take a big bite without biting back.
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The most authentic Mandarin and Szechuan cuisine is in Chanhassen in a space that's a cut well above the average chop suey joint.
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Meritage's brunch spread includes perfectly turned-out omelets, spicy bloody marys, brioche French toast, a memorable eggs benedict, and corned beef hash so good it may just lift your spirit.
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Food lovers will find heartland specialties, burgers, pizza, funky jerk, good steaks, fancy drinks, and craft beer in Hudson, a St. Croix River town 45 minutes from the Twin Cities. Here are ten restaurants worth checking out.
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From egg foo young to shrimp fried rice, Cathay Chow Mein does takeout right__properly smoky, salty, and gooey in large bargain-sized portions.
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From Riesling to pinot gris, wine columnist Bill Coy picks five Alsatian whites
from Alsace, France.
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La Belle Crêpe offers a tasty, international snack on Nicollet Mall.
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There
are several wine regions in Oregon and a diverse selection of grapes—syrah,
pinot blanc, cabernet sauvignon.
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Bradstreet
Craftshouse is the latest addition
to the growing list of places combining creative small plate dining and
specialized libations. It’s arguably the most sophisticated and ambitious of the
genre.
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Like neighborhood joints in Brooklyn, it’s all about the pie. And like those tiny storefront gems in a big city, Black Sheep
serves an assortment of families, guys just off a shift, singles, and couples
from the apartments nearby.
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With an abundance of fresh, flavorful ingredients, the latest noodle shop to hit Eat Street does not disappoint.
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With such a wide array of styles that include fruity, rich, and tannic notes, there's a cabernet sauvignon for every taste.
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Freshly brewed sake along with small plates make for a fun, casual, low-cost, and creative approach to dining.
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The highest-pressure, most failure-prone business out there is, surprisingly, one of the most fertile territories for husband-wife partnerships. Here’s a look at marriages in the pressure cooker.
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