Diet and Nutrition

B52 Slider Squad, new street eats in St. Paul

This trailer hails from their homebase, B52 Burgers and Brew out in Inver Grove Heights. Surprising to no one, the menu consists mainly of sliders, beef, and veggie patties. The test would be how these mini burgers tasted. The shock would come from a non-slider side dish that was singularl ... More >>

Holiday tipples are tops this Week in Food

It's a boozy Week in Food, as we've found firkin tappings, wine tastings, and cordial samplings take up many of the events this first week of December. Remember to layer all these drinks with some Christmas cookies... 12/4 Celiac suffers don't have to forgo the deliciousness that is Pizza Luce than ... More >>

Club Book: Jonathan Odell

Taste of Stillwater and cold soups crowd this Week in Food

Summer means your Week in Food events can be indoors (like the excellent farmers market exhibit at Mill City Museum) or in the great wide open (the second annual Taste of Stillwater), so you can mend your sunburn or enjoy a frosty beer in the sun -- your call. 7/9 If you haven't checked out the Mi ... More >>

Red Stag Supperclub's Farm Fresh benefit tonight

From 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 tonight, the Red Stag Supperclub in northeast Minneapolis is hosting a charity dinner to benefit Emergency Foodshelf Network's Harvest for the Hungry program. The program provides locally grown produce to families in need by partnering with area CSA farms and growers, wh ... More >>

Top 5 beefless ways to celebrate National Hamburger Month

In addition to being National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month and International Audit Month (goody!), the Internet tells us that May is also National Hamburger Month. Far be it from the Hot Dish to dictate which holidays you should and should not celebrate, but we don't hav ... More >>

Chef Daniel Green of ShopNBC: A life of healthy eating, part 1

Daniel Green is the James Bond of the cooking world. Complete with the dashing smile, British accent, and a touch of sophistication, he might as well be wearing a tux and sipping a martini. Like 007, he too is an International man of mystery. Raised on the outskirts of London, he works in the Twin ... More >>

Saffron reboots for the Target Field crowd

Middle Eastern mainstays remain on the menu

Eric Weisman won't stop playing doctor

Accused of practicing medicine without a license, he says he only prescribed good nutrition

Vitamin Water Uncapped brings free local music to the Spring Street this week

​It's hard to tell the motivation behind the big "Vitamin Water Uncapped Live" event that started this morning at the Spring Street Tavern in Northeast Minneapolis. Unfortunately, I missed the early morning yoga session but made it in time for the "punk brunch" that kicked off the series that ... More >>

Heartland begins serving brunch this weekend!

Heartland opens its doors for weekend brunch!​Exciting news from chef Lenny Russo: starting this Saturday, June 18, Heartland will be serving weekend brunch. Former Heartland chef de cuisine Robb Moore, who left to open the now-shuttered Cru in Blaine, collaborated on the menu with Russo and w ... More >>

Food Pyramid close out their trilogy

​It's not fair to say "we here at Gimme Noise really like local avant-ish music purveyor Moon Glyph," is it? Wouldn't that would be playing favorites in a town chock full? But unfortunately it's true, we really do like them quite a bit. Excuse the mercy out of us.

Mapping the world's drunkest countries

Can American beer drinkers best the Germans? ​Wonder how your beer consumption compares to those of your counterparts in Belgium or Burkina Faso? The World Heath Organization recently released its comprehensive Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health (2011), which revealed some interesting ... More >>

The Star Tribune's C.J., now with less salt

Bob McNamaraC.J. without the salt​C.J., the Star Tribune's legendary gossip columnist and contributor to Fox 9's "Dish with C.J." segments, known for her dogged pursuit of scandals and scuttlebutt, has recently met her match: sodium. After an inner ear problem left her with rigid dietary restr ... More >>

Banned Four Loko being turned into ethanol

Four Loko once fueled binge drinkers, now it fuels cars. ​Were you wondering what ever happened to all those banned alcohol-laced energy drinks after they were pulled off the market? The AP reports that they're being recycled into ethanol. What the FDA says you shouldn't put in your body, yo ... More >>

McDonalds offers new Fruit and Maple oatmeal

Scrumptious? ​New year, new breakfast option at McDonalds: the much-advertised "100 percent natural" Fruit and Maple Oatmeal is being touted as a "portable, affordable and balanced breakfast solution to help customers start their day right." Considering these are the same folks who invented th ... More >>

Minneapolis is nation's 11th drunkest city

A pint of prevention is worth...uh....nevermind.​The Daily Beast collected statistics on alcohol use and abuse to rank the nation's most drunk metropolises. Minneapolis ranked 11th, based on the following data:

Kevin Love wants you to know Michael Beasley loves Spongebob

Photo: WkipediaKevin Love dishes.​Give a jock a blog and watch keen insight general hilarity ensue. That must have been what the editors at GQ were thinking when they handed the Timberwolves' Kevin Love the keys to "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Go on, they said, give us a peak behind the curtain ... More >>

Caribou breakfast sandwiches: Worth the 400 calories?

5 new breakfast sandwiches at Caribou​Breakfast is hot right now and everyone wants a piece of the action. Burger King is running a surreal campaign with a flute soloist for their new breakfast bowls, Dunkin' Donuts just started serving hot breakfast sandwiches, and even our own Caribou came o ... More >>

Cheesecake 101: Baker basics from cooking instructor Joan Donatelle

zingyyellow via Flickr.com​Happy National Cheesecake Day! Sure, you can rush out to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate in, um, style, or you could wait until next week to take a Cheesecake 101 class at Byerly's St. Louis Park with Joan Donatelle, Culinary Shop Manager. We talked with Donatelle ... More >>

Al Franken declares Minnesota sweet corn the best in the world

Senator Franken sans ear of corn​Minnesota Senator Al Franken may spend most of his time in D.C., but his mind is often on the state's food: getting it to needy children, pumping up farmers markets, and even bragging about the sweetness of our corn.

A tour of the Twin Cities' barbeque scene: Dickey's

​I don't own a smoker and I don't barbeque. Barbecuing is all about low temperature and slow cooking. I'm a griller - high heat, fast cooking, instant gratification. Most of the recipes I create are meals that can be made in under an hour so ribs aren't something I do on my show. But I do li ... More >>

Double Down countdown: Book your bypass now!

​Do you dream of the day you can wrap your mouth around cheese and bacon that has been wedged between two hunks of fried chicken and passed off as a sandwich? Well, your day has come, my friend. KFC is unleashing the Double Down, a "sandwich" made solely of fried chicken, melted cheese and bac ... More >>

Major League baseball players seeking healthier clubhouse food

Major League baseball is getting rid of unhealthy foods in team clubhouses.

Schwan's and Domino's duking it out over school pizza

Schwan's and Domino's both want their pizza to be on your kids' school menus.

Herkimer, moto-i managers duking it out in court

Herkimer moto-i managers are duking in out in court.

Carbon calculator measures impact of your diet

Check out the greenhouse gases generated by all those Philly cheesesteaks you've been eating lately.

Bachmann: Obama might try to control the calories we consume

Now she is doing some really awesome fear mongering by claiming that Obama might someday control how many calories you consume. Yes, your diet will be rationed by the president. Totally logical.

MPR: Day of State Fair eating improves your cholesterol!

Despite their attempt to scare us with their full day of eating and calorie counting at the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" they actually gave us the greatest state fair news yet!

Road trip! The Carmel Roll in Albany

Exercise caramel rolls = LOVE

Drink of the week: Tao Food's wheat grass happy hour

Your a** is grass at Tao Foods--wheat grass happy hour is this week's drink of the week. Go green.

Michael Pollan

Restaurant Recipes: FireLake's Turkey Chili

Two throw-downs will take place this Superbowl Sunday: Cardinals vs. Steelers and You vs. Famished Fans. FireLake shares a crowd-pleasing chili recipe that guarantees you a win.

Men's Health names worst foods of 2009

Forecasting 2009's top culinary trends

U of M: Your kids are fat because they don't eat breakfast

We, Too, Are Book Artists

You Are Where You Eat comment thread

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Condomania strikes again

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Traditional Methods fight back, fall forward

Raising Cane

If C&H is the only sugar in your kitchen cabinets, you've got some sweet surprises in store

Flotsam If Ya Got 'Em

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