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Last Night's Dinner on the Deck at The Marsh was Magical

Posted in Out & About on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 8:06am by Shari Danielson -

We couldn’t have asked for better weather. The wind had shifted, moving the tropical humidity of 24 hours ago east to clear the way for a perfect summer evening on the deck at The Marsh – the setting of last night’s Simple, Good and Tasty’s Local Food Lovers’ event.

The view to our north and west was acres of cattails, milkweed, rush grass and cottonwoods; the background music was the call of red-winged blackbirds, marsh wrens, and cardinals; the company was a lively mix of more than 50 local food lovers – young, not so young, city dwellers, suburbanites – all coming together to enjoy a meal made from locally sourced food.

Finding Blueberry Magic at Rush River Produce

Posted in Out & About on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 7:27am by Gabriela Lambert -

I’m still a paper calendar kind of a gal.

Cooking the Market: A Class That Encourages Culinary Creativity

Posted in Out & About on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 7:25am by Tracey Paska -

Want a foolproof recipe for a fantastic evening of food and fun?

Take a dozen eager food lovers, marinate with some glasses of wine or bottles of local brew, and toss with a delicious array of local artisan cheese. Then, guide them around an international market full of exciting ingredients to draw out their creativity, cover with crisp white aprons, and set them in a professional kitchen to boil, bake, sauté and otherwise cook up a complete dinner. Serve with a generous helping of instant camaraderie.

Tapping Your Inner Iron Chef

Finding Local Food at the Twins New Target Field

Posted in News & Views, Out & About on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 6:57am by lee -

Boy, do I love Target Field, the new baseball stadium for the Minnesota Twins. It's a gorgeous place, offering great views from every seat (so I've heard -- I've only sampled a few) and easy access to the rest of downtown Minneapolis. Seeing the Twins play outside makes me feel like a kid again, and I wonder if my children will look forward to trips to Target Field with the same excitement I had when my parents made the drive from Long Island, where I grew up, to Yankee Stadium.

Target Field somehow feels both entirely new and utterly, wonderfully Minnesotan. Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" blares from the speakers in between innings. The downtown skyline twinkles behind the home run fence. And the food is, in a way, Minnesotan too.

Minnesota Cooks at the State Fair: Fair-Fresh Healthy Choices

Posted in State Fair, Farms & Gardens, Out & About on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 7:39am by Jill Grunewald -

As the coordinator for the Minnesota Cooks™ program at the Minnesota State Fair, I'm writing today's post to give you a preview of this event, which features Minnesota chefs and cooks, local farmers, and consumers with a full day of cooking demonstrations, discussions, and sampling of delicious cuisine.

The big day begins at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31, (with samples of scones and French toast!) and will continue with eight hourly presentations, featuring 16 restaurants and 16 farms. The Minnesota Cooks Stage proudly sits in Carousel Park, just south of the Grandstand, and is the place to be on the Tuesday of the Great Minnesota Get Together for one of Minnesota’s most admired and longstanding sustainable foods events.

Life with "The Girls" Provides Entertainment, Free Fertilizer and Incomparable Eggs

Posted in Family & Home, Farms & Gardens on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 9:09pm by Debbie Morrison -

This year my husband and I celebrate 10 years of farming. In 2000, we transplanted ourselves from the Twin Cities to our farm in East Central Minnesota and over the past decade, have gradually expanded our agricultural output. Our primary focus has been growing produce, beekeeping and honey, and making maple syrup. But the one thing that everyone we know has asked us is why do we not have any farm animals?

This Week's CSA Box: Satisfying Salads, Hold the Lettuce

Posted in Family & Home, Farms & Gardens on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 7:33am by Kristin Boldon -

On Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, a common complaint about eating healthfully was that people didn't want to eat “rabbit food” all the time. But, as Oliver demonstrated on the series, there's more to eating well than munching on lettuce and carrots. So with the ingredients from this week's CSA (community supported agriculture) box, I will showcase salads made without lettuce.

July’s Simple Good and Tasty Book Club Pick: Real Food

Posted in Book Club, Books & Media on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 6:47am by Tracy Morgan -

July’s book club selection continues our education in and understanding of our favorite thing here at Simple, Good and Tasty: FOOD! As we all know, there are many real and complex issues surrounding the way we get food to our mouths these days. And there are trade-offs that need to be made. But what’s better? And how do you decide?