Look at that plate o’ grub. That’s from the Crescent Moon Bakery’s Friday buffet. I’m not exactly sure what all that stuff was, except for the gyro meat. The yellow pile was a tasty cauliflower… Central Avenue buffet lines

A Saturday night is not the night one can usually just wander into the 112 Eatery, Minneapolis’ latest hotspot, and find a couple seats. But that’s exactly what the lady friend and I were able… Got me a seat at the 112 Eatery

Well heck. The first week of January is about done and I’ve been without a post in this fine new year until now. New Year’s Eve turned into an interesting affair, despite it being spent… New Year’s at Istanbul Bistro

As it’s become a bit of a tradition in our household (five years running) we fire up a good ol’ Neuchatel-style cheese fondue during the holiday season, usually for New Year’s, but this year it… Cheese fondue tradition

It was a cold Thanksgiving day in St. Paul, Minn., but we persevered. We ignored all the deep frying scare-tactics broadcast by local television news, repeated clips of big fryers producing six-foot flames, engulfing patio… Barbarians in the kitchen, part deux

What do you get when you combine two bitter writer/editors, 10 university academics and a junior high school art teacher with two cases of wine, beer and a large deep-fryer on Thanksgiving? Stay tuned, gentle… Barbarians in the kitchen

Open for about two and a half weeks, Snap! (which is owned by the same fella who owns the Pop! restaurant just a couple doors down on Johnson Street—no word on whether a Crackle! is… Snap! to it