July 2009 | Simple, Good and Tasty, page 4

August SGT Dinner Scheduled!

Posted in Out & About on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:38am by lee -

I'm very glad to let you know that we've locked in a date, time, and location for our August Simple, Good, and Tasty local food meal. Here are the details:

When: August 19, 8:00 pmWhere: The Strip Club, 378 Maria Ave, St. Paul, MN 55106Cost: $35 for 3 course meal, not including tax, tip, or boozeContact: 651-793-6247 (restaurant), lee@simplegoodandtasty.com (me)

The Strip Club is a cleverly named steakhouse, widely loved since it opened last year in St. Paul. It's in a beautiful space, and I've talked with Executive Chef JD Fratzke several times - he's not only a great chef, but also a superstar of a guy.

Nature’s Harmony Farm Keeps it Real

Posted in News & Views, Out & About on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 7:51am by lee -

I read an excellent article in a recent New York Times Magazine about Tim and Liz Young of Nature's Harmony Farm in Elberton, GA. The whole thing is a good, quick read, describing the story of how Tim (a marketing service entrepreneur) and Liz (a special ed teacher) discovered beauty, balance, and justice on their 76 acre farm. Rather than raise animals to compete with those sold at Walmart, the Youngs are committed to the preservation of rare breeds, such as Ossabaw and Berkshire hogs and Murray Grey cattle. Here's an excerpt from the article:

SGT Feels the Hot Dish Love

Posted in Books & Media on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:55pm by lee -

What a great feeling to get some good press, especially from Rachel Hutton at the City Pages, whose Hot Dish blog I visit on a regular basis. Here's what she wrote:

The local food website Simple, Good, and Tasty relaunched this weekend to include a couple of very useful features: a local foods-related events calendar (Troutfest at Mill City Farmers Market this Saturday, etc.) and a directory of local food producers and retailers (farms, co-ops, restaurants).

The blog says loads of other nice things too, which you can read here. Thanks Rachel!

Healing With Local Foods: Tracy Singleton of the Birchwood Cafe

Posted in Out & About on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 7:46am by lee -

This is an excerpt of an article I wrote for Live Green Twin Cities. To read the entire article, click here.

Next Simple, Good, and Tasty Meal 7/29 at the Red Stag is COMPLETELY FULL

Posted in Out & About on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 7:37am by lee -

The next Simple, Good, and Tasty local food dinner, on July 29 at the Red Stag Supper Club (that's head chef Brian Hauke in the above picture, left) in northeast Minneapolis, is completely full. For the lucky 50 people who signed up first, here are the details:

Local Foods to Find and Love: Kohlrabi and Garlic scapes

Posted in Family & Home on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 7:09am by lee -

This is an excerpt of an article I wrote for Live Green Twin Cities. To read the entire article, click here.

What's at the Movie Theater This Summer? Food!

Posted in Books & Media on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 7:14am by lee -

You might think, on the heels of the recent Minneapolis debut of the documentaries "Fresh" by ana Sofia joanes, and "Food Inc," (expertly reviewed by Kristen at Food Renegade this week), that we've had our fill of food at the cinema this summer. Even James Bond only releases one movie each year, right? Wrong! Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the most intelligent movie-going summer in recorded history.

We're Up!

Posted in Out & About on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 10:55am by lee -

Stephen, Molly, and I launching the site htis morning.

The new site is up - welcome! Please take a look around and let us know what you think. Happy 4th of July!

Launching the New Simple, Good, and Tasty

Posted in Out & About on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:00am by lee -

I couldn't be more excited to let you know that Simple, Good and Tasty is relaunching this weekend. Why? I'm glad you asked. Here goes:

This Week’s Farmshare Bounty - Just in Time!

Posted in Farms & Gardens on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:00am by lee -

How is it that we ran out of nearly everything this week? I'll admit that the amaranth wilted before we had a chance to try it (entirely our fault), but we enjoyed all sorts of salads, veggie skewers, and other fine meals this week (my wife added chard, breadcrumbs, and locally-raised bacon to our pasta tonight and it was fantastic), even eating our way through our entire fruit share.

In any case, we're thrilled that this week's box of fresh foods comes today, partly because our refrigerator is bare, and partly because my mom and step-dad are in town from Florida, and I've been talking up Harmony Valley's CSA. (I've frozen some rhubarb, and cobbler definitely is on the menu.) Here's what we're getting with a photo, descriptions, and ideas for preparation directly from the good folks at Harmony Valley Farm: