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Awesome Local Dinner at the Craftsman

Posted in Out & About on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 6:09am by lee -

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." -Unknown, possibly Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello

I'm at a loss for words when it comes to describing last night. Suffice to say that there was no place I'd have rather been than at The Craftsman. If you're a foodie who was anyplace near Minneapolis (we hosted guests from as far away as Des Moines, IA and Sunnyvale, CA), you were either there - or you should have been. We were thrilled to see The Birchwood Cafe well represented!

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More on the Merits of Local, Grass Fed Meat

Posted in News & Views on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:24am by lee -

Just read an excellent post by someone in Minneapolis called Reetsyburger on her cleverly named blog You Are Where You Eat. The post includes all sorts of great information on grass fed, local, sustainable meat and why it totally rocks. Here's an excerpt (which quotes University of Wisconsin Extension):

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What if Local Food Ain't All That?

Posted in Out & About on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 4:39am by lee -

lamb1Super-good post the other day from Zachary Cohen on his Farm to Table blog entitled What all of us in the food movement sometimes think.

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What Would Jesus Eat?

Posted in News & Views on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 4:44am by lee -

With Easter now over, and copious amounts of ham and potatoes consumed across the nation (including my wife's Aunt Carol's house), I can turn to a question I've been mulling over in my head: what would Jesus eat?

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Traditional Foods Minnesota

Posted in Out & About on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 9:06am by lee -

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Traditional Foods Minnesota, a self proclaimed "real food warehouse" and "buying club," offers some of the Twin Cities best foods at the lowest prices. Traditional Foods focuses on providing a wide variety of meats, cheeses, milk, eggs, poultry, fish and dry goods of the following kinds:

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The Local Easter Meal

Posted in Family & Home on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 5:12am by lee -

Ah, Spring is in the air! For my family, that means loads of birthday celebrations, along with Easter, Passover, and May Day. We celebrate whenever we can. Easter Sunday is an easy one to do with local, sustainable, and organic foods, especially if you live in Minnesota, land of the pig and root vegetable. The folks at TheKitchn.com have provided a terrific list of places to find sustainable ham (heritage breeds), just in time for Easter.

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Last Chance for a Simple, Good, and Tasty Meal at the Craftsman

Posted in Out & About on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 1:45pm by lee -

craftsmanIf you're still contemplating coming to the first-ever Simple, Good, and Tasty dinner at the Craftsman Restaurant in Minneapolis on April 14, now would be a really good time to commit. In short: we're running out of space! I couldn't be more thrilled about the number of people who've reserved a spot so far (BIG thank you to those who're coming!).

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Simple, Good, and Tasty Matzo Ball Soup Recipe

Posted in Recipes on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 11:08am by lee -

By popular demand (2 requests qualify, IMHO), here's my matzo ball soup recipe. It comes from In the Jewish Tradition: A Year of Festivities and Foods, a terrific cookbook by Judith B. Fellner that I got from my friend Anne a few years ago. The book has loads of new takes on traditional Jewish foods, and most things are relatively easy to make. The matzo ball soup certainly qualifies as simple, good, and tasty.

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