Posts by cinchws

Once upon a time in Puerto Rico, a young Nettie Colón made the best childhood memories exploring and running wild on her grandmother’s abundant farm. Nettie’s grandmother grew passion fruit, yucca, Caribbean tubers, breadfruit, and more. She raised chickens and gathered eggs. There was no need to go to the grocery store; the farm fed…

Owned and operated by Minnesota Farmers Union, the team behind Farmers Kitchen + Bar (FK+B) in Minneapolis believes every food grown and produced on Minnesota farms holds an important story. From field-to-plate, relationships-to-recipes, FK+B aims to tell those stories and emphasize how supporting local foods positively impacts farmers’ livelihoods. A continuation of Minnesota Farmers Union’s…

Chef Russell Klein, co-owner of Meritage in St. Paul with partner Desta Klein, has long believed that to be a credible restaurant you must be working with the best local and seasonal products, a belief instilled while cooking in culinary meccas like France, Italy, and New York before moving to Minnesota. Now in its fifteenth…