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Rob Barrett Grills: Coke marinated steak

​Life is hard to understand. What seems to be a bad thing so often turns into a good thing. It's that whole "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade" thing. I had just been booked for my first Twin Cities Live appearance, and they asked me to create a recipe for Father's Day. I worked hard o ... More >>

Top 5: Food-related Super Bowl ads

Betty White got tackled, human dolphins chomped on peanuts and popcorn, and T-Pain got Auto-Tuned in this year's Super Bowl ads. Check out our favorite food-related spots.

Top 5: Most memorable food/drink commercials of the decade

We sort through some top food and drink ads from the last decade. Check out our Top 5.

Pepsi a no go for this year's Super Bowl

Is it the end of an era? Pepsi opts not to advertise during the Super Bowl.

Will it blend...a gun?

Known for pulverizing golf balls and iPhones, the superpowered Blendtec Total Blender takes on guns and ammo. Don't try this at home.

The Road takes the path of least resistance

Viggo Mortenson leads the cast and Nick Cave provides the score in Hillcoat's unpleasant saga

U of Minn. sick of Red Bull marketing attacks, cancels contract

The University ended their contract with Red Bull this month after the company repeatedly marketed the drink on campus.

Gross-out ads pour human fat from soda bottles: Viewer discretion advised

Will photos of human fat coming out of Snapple bottles dissuade NYC-ers from "pouring on the pounds"? Click at your own risk, this is seriously gross.

Fancy Fast Food makes chic out of schlock

Fast food doesn't typically inspire creativity that we know of, but check out these fancified reincarnations of Baconators and Slyders and other fast food staples.

Chef Eats: 20.21's Asher Miller

Chef Asher Miller fuels himself on an array of eats, including, recently, a 2-pound dorade.

Stop driving drunk: Minneapolis cabs just got cheaper

Friday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

The Wet Spot: Proper strip club etiquette

Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

The Wisdom of F. James Lileks

What bugs Jimmy more than the sun? Winter. That’s what.

I Can't Believe It's Not Paint Thinner Vol. 10

What bugs Jimmy more than the sun? Winter. That’s what.

5ingles

The Songs We Can't Escape

King Corn

The Songs We Can't Escape

Sobriety Check

Neighbors turn to St. Paul City Council to provide more oversight on sober homes

Free Will Astrology

Neighbors turn to St. Paul City Council to provide more oversight on sober homes

The Two-for-One Meal

Richard Linklater chews on 'Fast Food Nation' and 'A Scanner Darkly'

He's Got Great Balls

In an industrial subbasement in Minneapolis, Allen Christian tends an elephants' graveyard of gutterballs

7/18 Morning Communiqué

In an industrial subbasement in Minneapolis, Allen Christian tends an elephants' graveyard of gutterballs

Mallman on Moog

In an industrial subbasement in Minneapolis, Allen Christian tends an elephants' graveyard of gutterballs

Brave Old World

First captivated by the radio programs he heard as a kid in St. Paul, Tod Dockstader went on to help invent electronic music--and retire a virtual unknown. Now in his 70s, he's back at it and as daring as ever.

Long shorts are for babies! By Amelia Huff, age 10 1/2

First captivated by the radio programs he heard as a kid in St. Paul, Tod Dockstader went on to help invent electronic music--and retire a virtual unknown. Now in his 70s, he's back at it and as daring as ever.

Wet Hot American Summer

You scrubbed radioactive toilets. You fleeced tots at carnivals. You ground the beaks off baby birds. You sent City Pages your summer job stories--and we didn't even give you minimum wage in return.

Intoxicating

Uptown's newest fun palace proves you shouldn't drink where you eat

Common: Electric Circus

Uptown's newest fun palace proves you shouldn't drink where you eat

Language of the Lost

Exploring a dialect of West Africa and hidden Korean history

Home Away From Home

Moving into cable TV's dream spaces

Juice

Moving into cable TV's dream spaces

Imagine Entertainment

Hollywood takes 'Harry Potter' to the Gringotts

The Big Picture

The Heights Theater's love of cinema's abandoned technologies is larger than life--as is their upcoming 70mm film series

Aural History

Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time

Chicks on Speed: The Rereleases of the Unreleases

Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time

Off Beat

Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time

Off Beat

Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time

Locked and Loaded

Helpful hints to make your Y2K run more smoothly

You're Not Invited

Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

Welcome to the Jungle

The confounding cinema of Werner Herzog thrusts Western society into the wilds of its own mind

Supersize Cinema

Ten hours, a half-dozen movies, and one big brainwash at the "stadium seating" gigaplex

Platypus on 50th Street

Ten hours, a half-dozen movies, and one big brainwash at the "stadium seating" gigaplex

Everybody Wins

Ten hours, a half-dozen movies, and one big brainwash at the "stadium seating" gigaplex

The British Can Be Bubbly

Ten hours, a half-dozen movies, and one big brainwash at the "stadium seating" gigaplex

Shock Treatment

It doesn't really matter whether he overtakes KQ and Tom Barnard. Either way, Howard Stern wins. And local radio loses.

Destroying the University to Save the University

A long and rancorous effort to do away with tenure and run itself more like a business has set the University of Minnesota back for years to come.

WILLING AND ABEL

A long and rancorous effort to do away with tenure and run itself more like a business has set the University of Minnesota back for years to come.

Sliding into Extinction

A long and rancorous effort to do away with tenure and run itself more like a business has set the University of Minnesota back for years to come.

BALLOT BALLEYHOO

Last night, while the nation trembled in anticipation of momentous changes,

Memories

Last night, while the nation trembled in anticipation of momentous changes,