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The Entrepreneurial Leap

Is it really the dream of every line cook to open their own restaurant? That was among the first questions posed by moderator Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl at the Mpls.-St. Paul Magazine Tastemakers event on Wednesday,… 

The Farm Bill: gerrymandered for failure

The U.S. House of Representatives took up rancorous debate and passed yesterday its version of the Farm Bill (which is actually the Food, Conservation and Energy Act), that gargantuan piece of legislation renewed every five… 

Whisk(e)y fueled “debate”

There was he was, sitting there in a fifth floor conference room at the posh Graves Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, attending another food and drink event. He did that a lot for his job—but that… 

Newspaper survival: Collusion?

Well, collusion might be too strong a word these days. But not long ago, the thought of a meeting between the heads of media giants was viewed with immeasurable suspicion among journalism practitioners. Now, not… 

Big Daddy’s: Big barbecue

Well, nothing like some bonafide barbecue to snap a fella out of the doldrums. That barbecue being Big Daddy’s, on University and Dale in good ol’ St. Paul, right next to the vacant lot that… 

Lemon Grass? Kick ass.

By Lewis Yes, The Bloated Belly soldiers on. Through great floods of alcohol and avalanches of food, the remaining crew at HQ do remember that there is a blog floating out there, and, when inspired,…