Signature Dish; The Kenwood's Chef Don Saunders
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| The Kenwood's chef Don Saunders presents his Moules-Frites |
| Photo courtesy of http://hilaryrobertsphoto.com |
| The Kenwood's chef Don Saunders presents his Moules-Frites |
As the unrivaled number-one fan of Bit-O-Honey in the Twin Cities--and possibly the universe--I find it hard to characterize the complex set of emotions I was confronted with Wednesday upon learning that Pearson Candy Company has acquired Bit-O-Honey. The St. Paul based confectioner famous for its Salted Nut Roll will now be making the best damn candy on earth right in our backyard. 
Wikimedia Commons An old-time favorite candy comes to Minnesota: Bit-O-Honey's biggest fan reacts
The time has come for another season of the Fox Network's hit reality cooking show, MasterChef. This season get ready to root for the home team as six home chefs from Minnesota will enter into the culinary battlefield along with many others from around the country in an effort to take home the much coveted title of MasterChef.
Courtesy Marie Porter Local food blogger and master of cakes Marie Porter will be a season four contestant
Here's the lowdown on the local contestants:
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Haute Dish in North Loop makes MSN's list for its modern take on classic dishes
The national accolades keep rolling in for Twin Cities restaurants. In our latest bit of national notoriety, the local food rebels at Haute Dish have been singled out by MSN as one of the top 11 restaurants in the country that are redefining the way we think about comfort food.
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http://www.pizzerialola.com Pizzeria Lola in Armatage gets national love from a top food magazine
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The Organic Field School is the nonprofit arm of the Wedge Co-op's Gardens of Eagan
What began as a few crafty souls gathered in an apartment has quickly grown to a room full of buzzing enthusiasts, swarming tables inside of Open Arms' building in South Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Food Swappers group meets once a month to share cans of pickles, jams, duck eggs, homemade breads, and more. We caught up with one of the group's founders to discuss how they formed and where they see themselves headed. Then, we attended one of the swaps. ![]()
I'll trade you a kombucha for a tin of sponge candy
As soon as they arrived in the Wedge's bulk aisle, almond "hotties"--roasted nuts coated with a sweet-hot spice--quickly became an expensive addiction (and a fun nickname). I was eating so many of them, snacking out of hand and scattering them on salads, that I considered trying to reverse engineer the recipe. ![]()
www.barsys.net Barsy's almonds share the nickname of co-owner Barbara Spenader.
And then, one day, they were gone ... replaced by almond "smokies."
Turns out that "hotties" and "smokies" are just two of the five almonds baked and seasoned by Barsy's almonds, the brainchild of two local entrepreneurs. The Hot Dish touched base with Barsy's Jason Hendrycks and Barbara Spenader to find out more about their, ahem, nutty business:
Who doesn't want to root for a hometown hero, especially when it's a root beer? 
Harmon Killebrew's legacy lives on in these bottles.
Old Fashioned Killebrew sodas--root beer and cream soda--are part of famed Minnesota baseball player Harmon Killebrew's legacy. When Harmon's son brought the root beer to market more than a decade ago, it was said to be made from an old family recipe. But these days the revered slugger is unfortunately no longer able to practice quality control.
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Star Thrower Farm owners Deborah and Scott Pikovsky (if Scott's name sounds familiar that's because he owns Great Ciao, the gourmet food distributorship) started raising Icelandic sheep in Glencoe, Minnesota, in 2007, and this summer, they're offering their meat, cheeses, and fleece at the Fulton Farmers Market (49th and Chowen in south Minneapolis) on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Look for this sheep's milk yogurt at the Wedge soon.
Among the cheeses to sample on a recent visit were a soft, pungent-but-not-overwhelming raw milk Camembert-style cheese and a firmer, sharper, aged raw milk tomme. Star Thrower also makes skyr, a thick, creamy, Icelandic-style yogurt with an assertive barnyard tang that's generally lacking in its cow's milk cousins. (For some the flavor might be a little much to eat plain, though it can add a nice complexity when used to make, say, raita or topped with fruit or granola.) Soon, Star Thrower skyr will be available at the Wedge co-op.
Star Thrower's booth also sells lamb meat and some fabulous sheepskins that would be great to pile on or burrow into during the winter months. For more information on Star Thrower Farms, see its website (warning: baby lamb photos may cause cute overload!)
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