Food Lovers' Guide toŽ the Twin Cities: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers' Series) - Softcover

Norton, James

 
9780762779482: Food Lovers' Guide toŽ the Twin Cities: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers' Series)

Synopsis

Food Lovers' Guides

Indispensable handbooks to local gastronomic delights

 

The ultimate guides to the food scene in their respective states or regions, these books provide the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Engagingly written by local authorities, they are a one-stop for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including:

• Food festivals and culinary events

• Farmers markets and farm stands

• Specialty food shops

• Places to pick your own produce

• One-of-a-kind restaurants and landmark eateries

• Recipes using local ingredients and traditions

• The best wineries and brewpubs


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About the Author

James Norton edits The Heavy Table, a daily online journal of food and drink in the Upper Midwest. He's the author of The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin and Minnesota Lunch: From Pasties to Banh Mi, and the forthcoming Food of Lake Superior via the University of Minnesota Press. He also contributes a regular column about grocery store products and fast food to CHOW.com. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, the photographer Becca Dilley.

From the Back Cover

Savor the Flavors of the Twin Cities
Minneapolis–St. Paul is swimming in agriculture. From pork to poultry to Lake Superior fish to cheese to apples to vegetables, the farmers and ranchers of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas provide. Minnesotans are learning how to recognize the best and rarest of what’s produced right next door, and Midwestern farmers, ranchers, and dairymen are learning how to cultivate the heirloom, the flavorful, the premium, and the exotic. The result is an explosion of creativity. Farm-to-fork restaurants have taken off. There has been a surge in the number of creative gourmet food trucks. In Food Lovers’ Guide to the Twin Cities, seasoned food writer James Norton shares the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate these culinary treasures. A bounty of mouthwatering delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.

With delectable recipes from the renowned kitchens of the area’s iconic eateries, diners, and elegant dining rooms, Food Lovers’ Guide to the Twin Cities is the ultimate resource for food lovers to use and savor.
 
Inside You'll Find:
 
Favorite restaurants and landmark eateries
Specialty food stores and markets
Farmers’ markets and farm stands
Food festivals and culinary events
Recipes from top Minneapolis and St. Paul chefs
Cooking classes and wine courses
The area’s best cafes, taverns, and wine bars
Local food lore and kitchen wisdom

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