Aquaculture

Meritage announces art contest for 2nd annual Oysterfest

Meritage is beefing up its bivalve bash. This week, the French Brasserie and Oyster Bar kicked off an art contest to accompany its second annual oyster-o-rama. Between now and May 1, artists are invited to submit original works for Oysterfest 2012. The winning design will be used online, printed ... More >>

Kitchen in the Market to host 'Seafood Throwdown' competition

​Two of the top seafood chefs in the city will be going head to head in a culinary battle to the finish. Both chefs are relatively new to their head toque positions. Jamie Malone is still only into her first (official) year as chef de cuisine at Tim McKee's Sea Change in the Guthrie Theater.  ... More >>

Fish Bites event hooks top chefs for seafood dinner at MN Zoo

​By the low, blue light reflected from the Discovery Bay exhibit, Fish Smart, the Minnesota Zoo's sustainable seafood effort, will host its first major event: Fish Bites. Hosted by Sue Zelickson on Thursday, October 13, local celebrity chefs like Stewart Woodman of Heidi's, Russell Klein of Merita ... More >>

Meritage Oysterfest: Tickets on sale today to the shuckable feast

A.J. OlmscheidA full-day fest at Meritage's Oyster Bar. ​Tickets go on sale today for Meritage's first annual Oysterfest, a daylong celebration of the shuckable beasts to take place on Sunday, October 9. If you can't tell a Kusshi from a Kumomoto, this is your chance to taste various East an ... More >>

Coastal Seafoods Turns 30: Chef Chat, part 2

Lu LippoldOver 50 kinds of fish are for sale at Coastal Seafoods​The life of a chef is very glamorous. It must be so, or there wouldn't be 10 gazillion TV shows on the subject. Coastal Seafoods' general manager, Tim Lauer, had been a chef for years, living the high life, when he was mysterious ... More >>

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