Plenty of people have sampled dim sum. Far fewer have savored an offshoot called Shanghai soup dumplings. YouTube videos offer at least one reason why: Untutored diners can end up
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More menus start now with a plate of cured and processed meats—salamis, pâtés, pancetta; mostly pork—known as charcuterie. The trend is an outgrowth of the “head to tail” movement, a
Fussy little French pancakes are everywhere now. But they’ve dropped their flaming Suzette persona to become—in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as in Montparnasse—street food to go. La Belle Crêpe at
While major metros around the country host mobile restaurants that tweet their whereabouts to loyal followers, Minneapolis is stuck in park. The city council passed a measure in April that
“I’ve probably sold more octopus in the past year than I have in the previous 20 combined,” says Tim Lauer, general manager of Coastal Seafoods. Tako has always been on
“The year of the burger” last year in the Twin Cities—openings of Burger Jones, Galaxy Drive-In, American Burger Bar, and Smashburger, to cite just a few—continued into 2010 with this
Best known for his acclaimed Restaurant Alma in Southeast Minneapolis, chef-owner Alexander Roberts—one of the small club of locals nominated for the James Beard Award—also owns the Brasa restaurants in
You might want garlic at its full potency for staving off vampires—or cholesterol, though garlic’s ability to do that could prove equally mythical. The Mayo Clinic says research so far
Our new president’s passion for chili and Chicago pizza notwithstanding, I predict that a lesser-known cuisine will experience an Obama bump. That would be the food of Indonesia, where Obama
Pho 79 in Minneapolis.