May 25th, 2016
Eighteen months after her death, my grandmother is still feeding us.
Sure, her buttermilk brownies may be a bit past their expiration date, but Grandma Williams' frozen goodies are still edible after 30 seconds on high in the microwave and dunked in a glass of milk.
Grandma W and I bonded over baking, one of several interests we shared, like genealogy and reading. Whenever I had a baking question (or problem), I'd give her a ring.
When I made her lemon bars for the first time, around age…
May 11th, 2016
From my back door to my garage must be a good eighty feet and in the winter that eighty seems more like a hundred and eighty. That is why when I saw the cool wagon with beefy tires that could hold numerous pounds of whatever, I had to have it. Now I could get all those groceries out of the car and into the house in one trip, well maybe two. But it was a lot better than hauling all those bags up to the house over several trips.
Sounds clever right? A wagon, how cool and smart, Wrong.…
May 6th, 2016
By Ben Haugmo
FMVeg is once again participating in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale this Saturday. The event so far promises to have cinnamon rolls, tiramisu, Almond Joy bars, and other vegan treats.
FMVeg is a group for individuals seeking to explore vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. Kathleen Keene is an organizer for the group, and stresses that you don’t have to be committed to veganism to participate in FMVeg events.
“We generally just get together and have potlucks. It’s kind of a…
April 20th, 2016
A few years ago I wrote an article for this paper about re-cycling, mainly focused on the restaurant industry. When my editor asked me to write about the current state of recycling in Fargo I was curious about what might have changed. So I took to the alleys. This is where the rubber hits the road. Someone told me one time that “if the trays on an airplane weren’t clean, what did the engines look like?” That stuck with me as an actual way to judge a variety of life engaging…
April 13th, 2016
By Payton Berger
Rugsan Cuisine is in a strip mall at 2424 13th Ave S. The exterior and interior are both simple and hint at the presence of simple, well-cooked food.
What isn’t simple is the embracing and delicious smell of food and spices. There were a few people working behind the counter and it was busy, even some time later than traditional lunchtime.
The menu is brief and easy to decipher. The dishes in the lunch and dinner section are goat meat, chicken stew, fried chicken drum,…
April 8th, 2016
There is one commodity in the South that there is no shortage of and that is hospitality. It is syrupy sweet and just oozes out of people with sincerity and grace. Pair that up with some soulful food and you’ve got a taste of how they roll in the Big Easy or anywhere else in the south.
The jewel of the Third Coast, New Orleans, is a cultural melting pot with one common element- food. It’s not all about the food, there is the music but it is the passion for food that fuels not only…
April 6th, 2016
I got a chance to sit down with Paul P. “Pete” Nielson to talk about his business, Dirt Head Farms, urban farming, his crowdsourcing campaign, and next steps.
Nielson just launched a GoFundMe campaign to purchase start-up equipment to expand the business beyond micro greens. Money raised will be used to purchase a tiller, tarps, a flame weeder, and other items needed for farming. These items are crucial for starting the urban farm. Nielson says that eventually the building of a…
March 31st, 2016
Spring is probably my favorite time of year as winter melts away revealing the rich sodden soil and its heady aroma. A time to shed the gloomy grey of late winter for the potential of the spring bloom. Time to source two of my favorite spring treats; ramps and morels. You would be hard pressed to find either in your local grocery. Foragers who guard their secret places might share their finds, but at a cost as ramps can go for $20.00 a pound and upward. Morels, well that is an entirely…
March 24th, 2016
If you travel to the big cities in America today you will come across the hottest food to trend to hit the restaurant scene since the food truck explosion of the nineties. We’ve all visited food courts at our local mall but the new trend of high end food halls is sweeping the country.
Imagine dropping into a food hall where there are booths staffed and run by the likes of Mario Batali, Marc Forgione and other hot chefs, either new on the scene or well established. This could the future…
March 24th, 2016
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There is something special about neighborhoods that continuously offer surprises in the most unassuming places. From the outside it doesn’t seem to be much of a restaurant at all. The sign is printed on sheets of paper. BernBaum’s is tucked inside of the vintage and retro furniture store MIDMODMADHAUS at 115 Roberts Street N. Both look like they might have been plucked from a neighborhood in NYC.
The location is in a place, that coowner Brett Bernath calls NoRo (North Roberts),…
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