The Minnesota Noices

Category: Food

  • I no longer require the services of Girl Scouts

    Since Keebler is making Samoas now.

  • How to deal with a MN commute.

    Urban Bean. Rocks. Very civilized. Bikes

  • Kick-ass Pie Crust

    I made an apple pie. I peeled apples, sugared them, and made a rustic crust. I used Alice Waters’ recipe, which is brilliantly simple – flour, butter, water. But here’s the key – it has to be cold butter, cut up and cut into the flour. Cold butter yields a supa-dope flaky crust that you…

  • Second Only To Sex

    There are many things I love about my wife. But, up there on the list is the fact that my two favorite cookies are the ones she makes. A plate of cookies like this is awfully hard to beat.

  • Dinner Log

    I get to put whatever I want here.  In this case, that means I'm posting my dinner menu from this evening. I made sable fish with a miso and sake glaze; brown short grain rice; and a medley of beet, turnip, and brussel sprouts, saute'd in butter with hazelnuts, shallots, thyme, and garlic.  I would…