Cupcake's plans to build on Grand crumble

​After months of zoning board meetings, pushback from the Summit Hill Association and almost $20,000 in architectural fees, Kevin Vanderaa, owner of Cupcake Bakery, told the Pioneer Press he is scrapping plans for a second store.
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Joy Summers

Who doesn't want sliders in the snow?

​This wimpy winter has made the lack of food trucks all the more evident. When the temperature gauge reaches over 30 degrees it leaves us cold-hardy Midwesterners itchy to get back outside. A few trucks pop up here and there, but most are relying on catering gigs or laying on a tropical beach.More >>

​Earlier this week we spoke with Gabrielle Hamilton, author of Blood, Bones & Butter, and attended her Talk of the Stacks reading at the Minneapolis Central Library. Read part 1 to learn how the book came into being, and why her childhood began fancifully but ended decisively and spiraled into adulthood too soon.

Today, we pick up just as Hamilton is opening her New York restaurant Prune. And we're about to meet her future spouse, who's quite unexpected...

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Break.com

​Chips. Dips. Lil' Smokies. Along with chili, beer, and something mixed with Velveeta in a crock pot, these are the staples of the Super Bowl diet. Perhaps you are planning on getting fancy with crudités, canapes, and blended drinks but have you thought about your game day centerpiece yet? If you're considering making one that's edible, scrap the tower of football shaped cupcakes with royal icing laces (you did that last year, everyone knows) and really go all out with a snack food stadium.

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Gabrielle Hamilton

​Author and chef Gabrielle Hamilton is full of surprises. At last night's Talk of the Stacks at Minneapolis Central Library, the audience was anticipating the bravado and swagger of an author who had just written a provocative tell-all memoir, committed grand larceny as a juvenile, dealt with human excrement and maggot-filled rats, worked weekend brunch while 39 weeks pregnant and written an unapologetic depiction of kitchen life that's so true to form it's garnered respect from even Anthony Bourdain.

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Heidi and Stewart Woodman are opening another restaurant

​We first heard a rumor that Stewart Woodman, chef and owner of Uptown's Heidi's, had bought the house that once was home to Duplex.  Yesterday, word came out that Woodman is moving ahead with plans to open a second restaurant.More >>

Nuggets: a complete source of artistic inspiration

​Last week, the Daily Mail ran a story about Stacey Irvine, a 17-year-old British girl who "has eaten almost nothing else apart from chicken nuggets for almost 15 years." She was rushed to the hospital after collapsing and doctors suspected her health problems could be tied to her diet, which was painfully lacking in nutrients. 

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Colossal Cafe expands to St. Paul, gets truer to its name

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David McCrindle

Oceanaire's new home at the corner of 6th and Nicollet

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