Tag: Lifestyle

Heartland’s Backyard Ingredient

Heartland’s Backyard Ingredient

Some vegetables are more fashionable than others. Who can say why? Ramps got rock-star attention when they started appearing on Twin Cities menus several years ago, heralded by servers as
Good Wine, Cheap

Good Wine, Cheap

Who’s profiting from this recession, you ask? The usual suspects: pawnbrokers, debt collectors, an entire gold-mining town in Nevada. But also Chris Eriksson, a 39-year-old financial advisor with Merrill Lynch
An Obama Bump for Indonesian?

An Obama Bump for Indonesian?

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
Rare Reds

Rare Reds

Amarone is one of the winemaking world’s most wonderful contradictions. An Italian wine made of dried grapes from the Valpolicella production zone—mostly Corvino with smaller percentages of Rondinella and Molinara—it
Hurts So Good

Hurts So Good

Most people, if they eat wasabi, mix a little with soy sauce and dip their sushi in it. Others (I am one) eat wasabi plain, slathering it on their tuna
Stout Hearted

Stout Hearted

Take a cue from tsarist Russia, where “imperial stout” gained a following as a warming drink: Stout beers are made for winter—because of their heartiness, but also their sweet, nutty,