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Birchwood Dinner as Good as it Sounds

birchwood dinnerThank you so much to those who came to last night's Simple, Good, and Tasty dinner at Minneapolis' Birchwood Cafe. For the second month in a row, more than 30 friends and foodies filled one of the Twin Cities finest local, sustainable, organic restaurants. The Birchwood was beautifully decked out, the food was terrific, the beer and wine pairings were exceptional, and the sense of community in the room was palpable.

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Restaurant Alma Delights

For a city its size, Minneapolis is home to an impressive number of great restaurants, with amazing chefs focused on providing seasonal, local, sustainable Minnesota-and-Wisconsin-grown food. Add in St. Paul (which you really should, especially given the existence of Heartland, named St. Paul's best restaurant in the City Pages 2009 poll), and the number becomes almost shocking.

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In a Bad Economy, People Eat Less Crappy Food

[caption id="attachment_1212" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Doesn't this soup look tasty?"]Doesn't this soup look tasty?[/caption] With the help of Zachary Cohen's Farm to Table blog, I recently found an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about how big food companies are going after the current sales slump.

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Pennsylvania Buy Fresh Buy Local Program Celebrates Regional Foods

pa2 My Dad, eater of Joyva jelly rings, Kosher beef tongue, and the biggest bags of salad you've ever seen, moved from New York (where I grew up) to Read more »

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