Chili Experiment #2: How Sweet Eats Game Day Beer Chili

I bookmarked this recipe months ago for Drew. It is full of things he loves, like Italian sausage and beer. Game Day Beer Chili from How Sweet Eats was kind of an ordeal to put together. I feel like chili is something most of us make on a weekend because of all the prep work that…

Chili Experiment #1: Iowa Girl Eats Chipotle Turkey Chili with Apples

I sort of can’t believe I spent that whole last entry waxing poetic about chili without talking about how I never ate it as a kid. It’s true. I am a (mostly) reformed picky eater. I didn’t like chili when I was young for texture reasons, mainly I  hated picking bean skins out of my…

Some notes on life and chili

Y’all. I have been really lax about updating Beyond Bread and Butter. The truth is I ran out of steam last fall when my mom passed away. I know writer’s block is basically a myth, but every time I’ve tried to sit down and write something about a local restaurant, all I can think to…

Minnesota State Fair Part Two: Electric Boogaloo

If last Saturday was about old favorites, this Saturday was about new stuff. I kicked off the day with a Strawberry Donut Delight from The Strawberry Patch. This tastes exactly like you think it would. Macerated strawberries, a glazed doughnut, canned whip cream, another strawberry on top. If you like all of those things, this…

2016 Minnesota State Fair!

Like many Minnesotans, I look forward to the state fair all year long. It is like Christmas for the food obsessed. It seems that everyone has something they wait all year to eat at the fair. For some, it’s the roasted corn. For others, a pronto pup or maybe a pork chop on a stick.…

The Rooftop at 4 Bells

I feel like I’m pretty late to the game on 4 Bells. I’ve seen people raving about the food, particularly the fried chicken, for months. Maybe I should have waited a year to do “4 BELLS REVISTED?” At any rate, I found myself there on a warm but pleasant Minneapolis evening and made a beeline…

Restaurant Week Postmortem

How was your MSP Restaurant Week everyone? Where did you go? What did you have?   I only made it to two places this time around. I started out the week at Citizen Supper Club in the Intercontinental (formerly Crowne Plaza) hotel. Citizen Supper Club offers updated takes on 60s style supper club fare and…

Regular Haunts: Town Hall Tap

Recently I reread this review that is more like a personal essay by James Norton over at The Heavy Table. The article is a few years old now and I came across it while sorting through my backlog of saved stuff in my feedly. I could not initially remember why I had saved it, but I…

Restaurant Week at Cedar + Stone Urban Table

I hope you all were able to get out and enjoy Restaurant Week this past week! For the uninitiated, Restaurant Week is a quarterly happening promoted by MSP magazine wherein many places in the Cities and the surrounding suburbs offer a prix fixe menu for dinner and sometimes lunch. Most places offer three courses, but…

A sick day at SotaRol

Reader, we have been sick this week. If you are also in the Twin Cities, you know that we also got our first blizzard of the season. So, against reason, Drew and I went outside in the elements and made the trek to SotaRol. Possibly because we were sick, or possibly because it’s the truth,…