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  • 1 hour 35 min ago Anonymous The Path to Eating Good/Feeling Good Ends in St. Boni

    I was told it was dog friendly so I walked up off the trail with my dogs. A boxer and a chihuahua. I had brought a bag to put my 3 lb dog in but before I could do that the owner was yelling at and insulting me. It was even to the point that he charged across the restaurant at me in a threatening body language. This scared my little dog so she ran away from him at which point he yelled at and insulted me because she was running around, which he caused by being SCARY!!!!!!!! Get some help Bob!

  • 2 hours 24 min ago Marth Great Reasons to be a Minnesota Local Food Lover

    Great post! Thanks for the food tips. I think Minnesota is the best state in the US and has the best things to offer! I recently stumbled upon this blog that I found pretty funny in its reference to Minnesota: http://burisonthecouch.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/theres-no-place-like-hom...

    Thanks for the post! Minnesota rocks!

  • 11 hours 21 min ago lee True Confessions: Forbidden Fair-Food Fetishes

    Good one, Nilgun. That is some tasty stuff. I'm a big fan of all of those honey products too - even the flavored honey sticks and hard candies. Yum.

  • 19 hours 55 min ago Nilgun True Confessions: Forbidden Fair-Food Fetishes

    How come nobody knows about the honey ice cream with sunflower seeds made by Kemps especially for the fair???!!! It's at the bee and honey exhibit at the ag building - very good washed down with honey lemonade. My favorite thing to do is watch the bees and ogle the multi-colored honey jars while eating my cone, then take in the prize winning vegetables exhibit.

    They also have an ice cream sundae, but the thought makes my teeth ache; honey ice cream topped with -you guessed it -honey!

  • 1 day 28 min ago Debbie True Confessions: Forbidden Fair-Food Fetishes

    Pronto Pups = Minnesota State Fair. I do believe they were the first thing ever served on a stick at the fair, so perhaps they set the standard for Fair fare.

  • 1 day 3 hours ago Patrick Donohue Alter Eco Offers Delicious Fair-Trade and Organic Foods You Can’t Get Locally

    Lee,

    Great post and I know how you feel! I'm a big supporter of local food movements, but I'm also a big lover of chocolate, coffee, and quinoa. Giving them up would be tough... and might drive my fiance crazy too.

    That was one of big the motivations for launching the Hoop Fund, a platform to enable consumers to invest in the growth of farmers and artisans in the developing world. We believe it's a new way to honor products we can't buy locally as if they were made next door.

    http://www.jointhehoop.com/

    Alter Eco is one of our founding partners. We just did a launch event with Mathieu a couple of weeks ago here in San Francisco, where two of our featured loan projects were for Alter Eco cooperatives: a new seed bank for the Surin rice cooperative in Thailand, and a medicinal plant garden for the Acopagro chocolate cooperative in Peru.

    We'd be thrilled if you checked it out!

    Patrick

  • 1 day 7 hours ago Stella - age 9 True Confessions: Forbidden Fair-Food Fetishes

    I’ve already been to the fair twice and have eaten a lot in those 2 times. My favorite food at the fair is a cherry Icee, even though I know it's not good for me. I like it because it has a fizziness to it. I also like that it’s cold and refreshing on a hot day at the fair. The last time I went which was on Monday there was a 4 hour horse show and I watched the whole thing. It was the last English horse show. My sister Sophie’s favorite food is cotton candy. She says it’s like a cloud in her mouth.

  • 1 day 8 hours ago Anonymous True Confessions: Forbidden Fair-Food Fetishes

    Chocolate covered Key Lime pie-on-a-stick. Gotta have it every year and there's never a line.

  • 2 days 4 hours ago Amy P. Tips for Making the State Fair Fun for the Whole Family

    What a wonderful list of State Fair tips, Kristin, I'm happy I read this! We still haven't made it to the fair yet but hope to go this weekend. With young kids, it helps to be planful about the fair, and you've just done my thinking for me. Thanks, Kristin!

  • 2 days 9 hours ago Manisha Tips for Making the State Fair Fun for the Whole Family

    We always take one of the shuttle buses as well. This will be our first year with a stroller. Loved the line about Minnesota tapas. That sort of makes me excited for our visit, which is unusual as this will be two years in a row. Usually we go every other year. Great tips!