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Gluten-Free Baking Guide: How do I cook with that?
If you’ve ever attempted gluten-free baking, you may have felt more like you were conjuring some kind of alchemical sorcery than making a batch of muffins. Gluten, it turns out is a mysterious, magical mistress, and imitating its properties takes the work of multiple products. This can all be very confusing-all the starches, gums and… Read More →
Food Science Slice: Corned Beef
Corned: to preserve meat with salt. The term comes from an old word for “kernel,” because the salt people used resembled kernels of wheat. It’s been in the Oxford English Dictionary since 888 A.D. But corned beef, the highlight of almost any St. Patrick’s Day celebration in America, isn’t the national dish of Ireland; on… Read More →
Go At Milk
Vincent and Christine Maefsky grew up in the Brooklyn, New York of the 1940s; amid a jungle of fire escapes and corner delis, department stores and high-rise housing projects, Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza, and the U.S. Navy Yard. It was a world away from the green rolling hills where they would eventually settle, 45… Read More →
Grain Bowl Breakfasts
Grain bowls aren’t just for a quick lunch or dinner. They’re perfect for those chilly spring mornings when you’re craving something substantial without straying from your New Year’s resolutions. Breakfast is an opportunity to eat something healthy, fast and homemade to fuel you through whatever the day has in store. And grain bowls are packed… Read More →
Healthy Planet
In January, U.S. government officials released the new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), a set of national nutrition standards that guide food labeling, school lunch menus and public nutrition programs. The guidelines, which are revised every five years, are based on evolving nutrition science, and serve as the government’s official advice on how we… Read More →
Phase 1 Remodel
“First and foremost, I want to express my enthusiasm for being back at The Wedge during this exciting remodel of our Lyndale store. After one year away, it is so thrilling for me to return to our store in the role of Grocery Manager. The remodel progresses more each day, and the well-planned changes are… Read More →
Sustainability: the Strongest Foundation
There have been a lot of big changes at The Wedge in the last year: We opened the Table on Nicollet, we expanded operations at CPW, and we began a much needed remodel at the Lyndale store. It’s an exciting time, even more so because each project has created opportunities to renew our commitment to… Read More →
Local Chef Connection
For sisters Kylene (Ky) and Mel Guse, fermentation isn’t a fad, it’s just a fact of everyday life. “We’ve always been people who eat bread and cheese and chocolate, drink coffee, wine and beer,” says Ky. “All of these are products of fermentation, so it’s funny to us to see it having a bit of… Read More →
Cinnamon: Food Science Slice
A brief look into the science and history behind our favorite holiday scent The power and allure of cinnamon is as old as civilization itself. The ancient Egyptians used it to embalm mummies and Roman emperors burned it on the funeral pyres of their beloved. Arab traders traveled dangerous land routes to keep its source… Read More →