Email Author Rachel Hutton

Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 4, 2009

  "Slaughterhouse Live"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 29, 2009

  "The Urban Survivalist"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 21, 2009

  "Superhero Me"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 30, 2008

  "Manny's Attempts to Raise the Steaks"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 2, 2008

  "Honeycrisp's Patent"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 4, 2008

  "Spam: It's Not Just for Inboxes"

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2010 Stories by Rachel Hutton

• Twin Cities best new restaurants of 2010

  published December 29, 2010

  The Twin Cities restaurant scene has its share of empire builders, restaurateurs who find a formula that works and stick with it. In 2010,... More >>

• Minneapolis cooking classes teach how to field-dress a deer

  published December 22, 2010

  You have to wonder what that teacher thought, the one who was heading out to his car, cell phone pressed to his ear, when he encountered our... More >>

• Scusi Italian in St. Paul shows Blue Plate's ambition

  published December 15, 2010

  See also, our slideshow of Scusi. The meal... More >>

• Whisky Park, Ugly Mug, and Be'wiched Deli: Downtown delights

  published December 8, 2010

  On a Thursday night, just before 7 o'clock when the drinks go full price, the cavernous new Whisky Park in downtown Minneapolis is as empty as... More >>

• The Hanger Room reinvents the small-town steak house

  published December 1, 2010

  During dinner at the Hanger Room the other night, a man bit into 16 ounces of 42-day dry-aged rib eye steak and started to moan. As he chewed,... More >>

• Purple Sandpiper and BLVD Kitchen bring culinary ambition to suburbs

  published November 24, 2010

  Generally, the most innovative, food-forward restaurants tend to spring up in the urban core, leaving suburbanites to settle for sustenance as... More >>

• MSP Airport: The best eats

  published November 17, 2010

  While others in the airport security line carefully loosen their shoelaces or slip their laptops from their cases, I am more likely than not... More >>

• Steve Schussler is Walt Disney of theme restaurants

  published November 10, 2010

  The offices of Schussler Creative are located in a dull, nondescript Golden Valley industrial park, near businesses that deal in the... More >>

• Twin Cities south Asian hot spots

  published November 3, 2010

  After a few years spent in the shadows of a Twin Cities Thai food and sushi boom, south Asian cuisine is having its rightful moment in the... More >>

• Tim McKee revamps Il Gatto's menu

  published October 27, 2010

  Everybody's doing interventions these days, and not just the A&E television show. Kids getting unruly? Call Nanny 911 to the rescue.... More >>

• Marrakech Moroccan Cafe: North African comfort-food

  published October 20, 2010

  Hassan Elatiki, owner of Marrakech Moroccan Café and Grill, might consider starting his own version of Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" sketch,... More >>

• Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen: Will it lift the curse?

  published October 13, 2010

  "CAN I HAVE the Bartender's Phone Number?" a diner at Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen asked her server. The request... More >>

• Travail's young chefs launch spirited gastro-workshop

  published October 6, 2010

  Have you ever seen a balloon made out of mozzarella cheese? House-made mozzarella, that is, pulled by a couple of guys who look young and... More >>

• Heartland launches ambitous complex in Lowertown

  published September 29, 2010

  Just a few years ago, Minneapolis's dining scene boomed at the pace of the country's housing market: The only place to go was up. Restaurants... More >>

• Compart Family Farms pioneering dry-aged pork

  published September 22, 2010

  The dry-aged porterhouse served at FireLake restaurant is marked with grill hashes and flecked with spices and herbs. It's banded by a thick... More >>

• Twin Cities street food Pt. 2: Smack Shack, Sonny's, and more

  published September 15, 2010

  Street eating can take a bit more effort than its skyway-based alternatives. First, there's the matter of protecting your meal from hovering... More >>

• Street food takes over the Twin Cities

  published September 8, 2010

  We're not quite Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where roadside vendors roast skewered bats over glowing coals, but mobile food entrepreneurs in St. Paul... More >>

• Faces Mears Park updates American classics

  published September 1, 2010

  Get your jazz hands ready. Because saying the name of David Fhima's new restaurant practically begs for spirit fingers and a stage whisper.... More >>

• Parma 8200 revives Bloomington's staid dining scene

  published August 25, 2010

  FOR DECADES, KINCAID'S has cornered the market on special-occasion dining in the southwest metro. Tucked into a shiny Bloomington office... More >>

• Uptown Cafeteria is tray chic, but can it keep up the pace?

  published August 18, 2010

  One hot summer night, on the sidewalk in front of Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group, a girl in a short skirt kissed a guy sitting on a crotch... More >>

• Justin Grecco creates a mini food dynasty

  published August 11, 2010

  Next time you hear a waiter say, "If you want to, go all caveman on the head," I suggest you heed his advice. That's how I ended up with my... More >>

• The art of the menu and ordering good food

  published August 4, 2010

  The first thing every diner should do when perusing a restaurant's menu is to appreciate that picking an item from the list is so much easier... More >>

• Patisserie 46: Full-on French bakery in Minneapolis

  published July 28, 2010

  In south Minneapolis, the orange paper sacks are already starting to circulate, being handed to the host by a dinner-party guest or proffered... More >>

• The Depot at First Avenue and Green Mill's Twisted Fork

  published July 21, 2010

  The First Avenue of my youth, where we traipsed around in combat boots and vintage sundresses, was a filthy place. Its insides were as black as... More >>

• Haute Dish's Landon Schoenefeld: Talent with a temper

  published July 14, 2010

  Chef Landon Schoenefeld's name has proved famously difficult to spell—even the newspapers get it wrong—which may be part of the... More >>