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

• Forum is reborn in stunning art deco space

  published July 7, 2010

  One of my favorite things to do at the Forum Restaurant and Bar is to seek out diners who look as if they might be old enough to have visited... More >>

• Caribe Caribbean Bistro serves delicious doubles

  published June 30, 2010

  There may be no greater vegetarian sandwich in the world than doubles—the famous street food of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two slices... More >>

• Ringo offers worldly menu

  published June 23, 2010

  These are the days of the shallows, not the deep, in which everybody seems more interested in doing a lot than in doing any of it well.... More >>

• Willy D's brings real soul food back to Minneapolis

  published June 16, 2010

  A half-dozen or so years ago, Minneapolis's soul-food scene was really cooking. The heart of it was Lucille's Kitchen, which served home-style... More >>

• One week on the raw food diet

  published June 9, 2010

  This year has seen Jamie Oliver launch a Food Revolution in the American schools and Michelle Obama plant a White House garden. Food... More >>

• Raku and Pairings fit right in in western suburbs

  published June 3, 2010

  Much like the words "bed" and "bug" or "Tim Pawlenty" and "president," the words "tuna" and "pizza" really have no business being placed... More >>

• Three Monkey's, Great Sun Buffet, and Fusion a mixed bag

  published May 26, 2010

  In Uptown and Loring Park, a couple of the city's most transient neighborhoods, the populations shift as fast as fashion, and the restaurant... More >>

• Cafe Kem and Bubble Me: Two new Asian powerhouses

  published May 19, 2010

  In the hard-knock restaurant world, you might say that one successful restaurant is a fluke, two's a coincidence, three's a trend, and... More >>

• Forest Mushrooms feeds growing need for fungi

  published May 12, 2010

  With his whitish beard and slight build, Kevin Doyle bears some resemblance to Rumpelstiltskin—that is, if the German elf wore Wranglers... More >>

• Cake Eater, Sweet Retreat, and Cocoa & Fig bakeries furthering the cupcake craze

  published May 5, 2010

  Just when you thought the cupcake craze was over, the sugary puffs are back with a vengeance, like a yard full of dandelions you thought you'd... More >>

• The Boxcar and Schumacher's Grill 212

  published April 28, 2010

  A Monday night in Prescott, Wisconsin, means that the kid manning the register at Price Rite is apologizing. Without its typical maze of... More >>

• Daniel Klein's The Perennial Plate

  published April 14, 2010

  The average 26-year-old New Yorker might get what for his birthday? A shirt and tie from mom? Tickets to the Mets game from his sweetie? A few... More >>

• Target Field concessions a home run for the Twins and fans

  published April 7, 2010

  When the first pitch is thrown at the Twins' home opener at the new Target Field next week, I won't so much be anticipating the first... More >>

• Apertif and Terra Waconia: Is the drive worth it?

  published March 31, 2010

  Our meal began with a little pop quiz. "So what does the restaurant's name mean, Aperitif?" I asked our server, butchering the... More >>

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  Bradstreet, Solera, and more: Happy hours for grownups

  published March 24, 2010

  Happy hours seem to come in two varieties. With most, the focus tends to be on getting as intoxicated as possible for the least amount of cash.... More >>

• Cooks vs. Servers: Wage battle continues

  published March 17, 2010

  Table of four comes into a popular local steak house, orders four slabs of beef. The cook throws the steaks on the grill for a few minutes,... More >>

• Piccolo's small plates enable chef to flex creative muscles

  published March 10, 2010

  To quickly differentiate the residents who are invested in a neighborhood from those who aren't, just wait till it snows. For the former, it's... More >>

• Szechuan and Grand Szechuan spicing up the suburbs

  published February 24, 2010

  The China you probably know—if you're the sort to get your news from The Colbert Report, anyway—is one of dominance in... More >>

• Chimborazo and Cocina Latina showcase Ecuador's hearty fare

  published February 17, 2010

  Relatively speaking, there's not a lot of South American food being served in the Twin Cities, and much of what Minnesotans do know of Andean... More >>

• Minnesota's Sno-Pac Foods becoming a well-loved brand

  published February 10, 2010

  Ever done a frozen-pea tasting? Yeah, me neither, until the other day when I fired up every burner on the old Caloric and set four pots of... More >>

• Death by dinner: Burger Jones' Meat Your Maker, Origami's blowfish, and more

  published February 3, 2010

  So what are the odds that this will actually, uh, kill me? I wondered as I sped downtown to make my 7:30 dinner reservation. I... More >>

• Subo does Southeast Asian with a French flair

  published January 27, 2010

  It was, what, 10 degrees outside? And there we were: sipping the sweet juice of a young coconut straight from its shell, which looked something... More >>

• Crave, Cooper, and Icon bring convenience to St. Louis Park

  published January 20, 2010

  Back in the day—before Twitter, before 30 Rock, before voice mail—the only sustenance found within a shopping mall's walls... More >>

• Il Gatto replaces Figlio in Uptown

  published January 13, 2010

  The other night, seated in a booth in Il Gatto's clamorous dining room, I reached across the table and scooped up a spoonful of buttermilk ice... More >>

• Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on Twin Cities dining scene

  published January 6, 2010

  I have never in my life had a bartender cut me off, though it nearly happened the other day when I was out to lunch at Barbette with City... More >>