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A new venture from Sarah Botcher, popping up all around town

Though bourbon, big portions, and beer gardens may be the most talked-about attractions at Jack Riebel's Butcher & the Boar, a recent James Beard Award semi-finalist in the Best New Restaurant category, early on we also recognized there's something special going on in the pastry station. Southern-inspired desserts with retro flair -- like grasshopper pie, molten s'mores, and banana pie with gingersnap cookie crust, playfully presented -- are the sweet and simplistic finish diners so desire after a meal of big grilled meats.More »

Green is on the horizon. The Minneapolis Farmers Market downtown opened today, with others to follow

It looks as if this is finally happening. Spring has fought through those epic snowbanks and is finally forcing its way back into our backyards. Farmers markets are making a comeback. One starts today, while others have had to push back their opening date for the first time ever. Here is a guide for you to find your nearest farmer's market.

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2013 Best Farmer's Market
Top 10 Farmers Markets in the Twin Cities

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The Organic Field School is the nonprofit arm of the Wedge Co-op's Gardens of Eagan

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Country Chef Challenge pits chefs from Saffron and Butcher & the Boar

This weekend, the knives come out at the Minneapolis Farmers Market. Local chefs Sameh Wadi and Jack Riebel will go head to head in a market cook-off using whatever is in season and available at the market. With both chefs well versed in competition, it should make for a food throw-down not to be missed.

The Country Chef Challenge is a national event sponsored by Country Financial. Minneapolis is one of four cities to host the event, along with Portland, Oregon, Chicago, and Olathe, Kansas.

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One of the newest farmers markets to pop up in the Cities is the one found in the Apple Valley parking lot outside the Minnesota Zoo. We stopped by to have a peek and a taste of the goodies available. We found the usual, beautiful Minnesota bounty, but then we spotted something unexpected.


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Amazing croissants (even better looking than these) now available from Bread Star Rising at Midtown Farmers Market

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A pile of cherry tomatoes fresh from my own back yard

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Summer ends early for one farmers market

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Uptown Market opens--here's a first look
Uptown Market

This Sunday will be Uptown Market's last.

The market opened its fourth season in a new location just a month ago, on June 10, and was scheduled to run through the end of September. Instead, the market's mix of crafts, food trucks, and farm-fresh produce will be available just one more time, on July 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On its Facebook page, the group behind the market wrote that it hopes "this will be a 'farewell' of sorts," and asked friends and supporters to swing by and support it during the last hurrah.

The market's board chair, Brendan Jordan, explained the reasons behind the closing.

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