Bauhaus Brew Labs Minneapolis, Minnesota Wonderstuff. Stargrazer. Wagon Party. Sky-Five! These are not the names of ordinary beers. But then again, Bauhaus Brew Labs is not your average brewery. After launching a successful Kickstarter campaign in May of 2014, they opened up operations in Northeast Minneapolis just two months later, complete with a taproom, outdoor… Read More →
Whether you wear it as a badge of pride on the sleeve of your down jacket, or spend all year dreading its icy clutches, the Minnesota winter is polarizing, even when it’s not polar vortexing. Some embrace every opportunity to ski, skate, and snowshoe their way to frozen eyelashes, and others seize a cozy sofa… Read More →
Ebb and Flow at CPW (Or, why things get busy in the winter in the warehouse business) We already know that Cooperative Partners Warehouse (CPW) plays a singularly pivotal role in helping create a local food system here in the Twin Cities. They are instrumental in helping many farmers get to market and keeping co-ops… Read More →
This February will mark Nate Oerter’s 20th year with the Wedge, and so it’s a fitting time for him to make history by becoming the new Wedge Table’s first Market Manager. We went and visited the construction site on Nicollet to talk about this exciting next step for both the Wedge and Nate. It’s cold… Read More →
Dear Dr. Watts, Recently, I see that many processed foods contain soy, sometimes in large amounts. I don’t eat a lot of processed foods, but cold cereals are still on my menu. However, I do make my own granola. Can you address the nutritional issues of foods with soy? Debra, your question is an important… Read More →
In all its long history, the school lunch has never really been known for culinary excellence. Tater tot casserole, mystery meat, cold canned fruit-these are the commonly conjured images of our country’s cafeterias. But to be fair, the National School Lunch Program, which provides free or reduced-price lunches to 31 million kids every day, has… Read More →
Three things you probably didn’t know about the fruit of summer— watermelon! Like all fruits, they naturally have seeds. But that doesn’t mean that seedless watermelons are genetically modified—they’re actually hybrids that have been carefully bred to be incapable of producing seeds. They’re kind of the mules of the melon world. And those little white… Read More →
Dear Dr. Watts, I am 63 and have been taking vitamins and working out four to fi ve times a week but feel like maybe I am overtaking vitamins. Sometimes after a hard workout, I have leg pains after a hard work out and do not sleep well. I would like to know what vitamins… Read More →
Make your own ricotta cheese Ricotta is Italian for “to cook again,” and traditionally it’s made by heating the whey byproduct of another cheese, like mozzarella. But you can also make it at home with readily available ingredients and just a few simple steps. INGREDIENTS 3 cups whole milk (the fresher the better, as it… Read More →
Wedge kitchen supervisor Michael Paynic is also the talented photographer and food stylist behind most of this newsletter’s images. Here are a few more things you might not know about him. There’s a rumor that you have quite the prop collection, is that true? I probably have 600 or more, but it’s an ongoing thing,… Read More →
