Archive for the 'Culture' Category
SUSHI: Last night Frank took me to Koyi Sushi Too, and it was good sushi, you know, for the Midwest. Really good Gyoza. The interior looked sort of LA-ish but had these kitschy little items like fake rice in a mini bowl and random porcelain cats scattered throughout the restaurant. And they had Frank Sinatra [...]
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A Homemade Life, Book Review
My long weekend at home over the New Year holiday was to cook a lot (will post on that subject soon) and read “A Homemade Life” by Molly Wizenberg, blog-turned-book by way of Orangette. I commented to a friend last week how kid-in-a-candy-store it is now to see the growing section of books with personal [...]
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Tags: A_Homemade_Life, Cooking_Blogs, Molly_Wizenberg, Recipe
Cooking with Nick
“Cooking with Nick” will become a monthly installation here at Minneapolis Hunter. Nick, Frank’s brother and my good friend, is a foodie…a gourmet. I’ve known Nick for a decade now, and the meals I’ve had with him are most pronounced in my memory. There is one instance with him and another dear friend Betsy (who [...]
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Tags: beef, Cayuse, cooking_with_Nick, sauce
It’s that time of year for those of us in the Twin Cities to go see the Walker Art Center’s screening of the 2009 British Television Advertising Awards. Working at a design agency, and growing up in an artistic climate with a love for art, going to this every year has become a tradition for [...]
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Tags: British_Ad_Awards_2009, Star Tribune, Walker_Art_Center
Modern Quilting
I grew up with quilts – the ones my mother or aunts made; estate quilts, wall hanging quilts, quilts for beds and quilts for babies; quilts that are cute, some stunning, others quite country. I never really thought I would MAKE a quilt until I came across “Material Obsession” which is a modern quilting book, [...]
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Tags: Amy_Butler, anthropologie, Material_Obsession, quilting, Sewing
Minnesota Local Food Lover Card
Simple, Good and Tasty has partnered with local restaurants to bring Mpls folks a Local Food Lover program at $29/year. This card 1) supports restaurants that buy from local, sustainable, organic farms and 2) gives those that dine at the restaurants discounts.
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Tags: Food_Lover_Program, Mpls_Restaurant, Simple_Good_Tasty
Mac + Cheese
Mac+ Cheese and variations of have been cooked through and baked up a few times in my kitchen since the weather has steadied around zero degrees…something about that gooey cheese that warms and comforts, huh? I posted about leeks making a helpful and tasteful contribution to plain Mac+Cheese, but then the ante was raised when [...]
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Tags: LEEKS, Mac+Cheese, Mpls_Restaurant, Red_Stag
The Ad Hoc Experience
I have a few cooks/foodies/gourmands in my life, so holiday shopping this year was part blessing, part curse. Blessing because there are so many fabulous cook books out there to choose from, but curse because what I will purchase for loved ones, I will secretly want to keep. So, I made a compromise: I purchased [...]
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Tags: Ad_Hoc, Cooking, Thomas_Keller
Sushi, in a Hand Roll
Sushi is something Frank and I love to eat, and do so only once a month or so (typically classified as official date night). There are some great places in Minneapolis to eat sushi (Nami, Midori’s, Koyi, Fuji Ya, Origami, Anemoni and Ichiban), though I came across this wonderful post from Apartment Therapy‘s The Kitchn, [...]
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Tags: Make_Sushi, MINNEAPOLIS, SUSHI, Sushi_Restauarants
