Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson, from Minneapolis to Food & Wine Best New Chef

He once was ours. Erik Anderson, who until this time last year was the head chef at Sea Change, has gone on to be named one of Food and Wine's Best New Chefs. Anderson had run the kitchen at Sea Change under Tim McKee. Before that he had worked at Doug Flicker's Auriga.Anderson had come to the Twin ... More >>

James Beard Award finalists include Twin Cities names - Updated

​The James Beard award semifinalist list was announced today, and on the list were some familiar names. The awards were established in 1990 and named for chef, food writer, and celebrated lover of life, James Beard. The awards are the highest honor available to food professionals. Part of why the ... More >>

Sea Change's Raw Bar boasts $12-and-under beauties

To kick off 2012, we're highlighting 12 of the best dishes under $12 in the Twin Cities. Scroll down to view the complete list. When Tim McKee opened Sea Change in 2009, it came with a pledge of sustainability: to use seafood secured in a manner that wouldn't damage the environment. We Minnesotan ... More >>

Jamie Malone of Sea Change: Chef Chat, Part 3

​We've spent this week talking with Sea Change's new chef de cuisine Jamie Malone.  (To catch up read part one here and part two here).  After growing up in St. Paul, she traveled the world before attending Le Cordon Bleu.  After culinary school, she landed in the kitchen with Stev ... More >>

Jamie Malone of Sea Change: Chef Chat, Part 1

Joy SummersChef Jamie Malone takes the lead at Sea Change​It was recently announced that the chef de cuisine title at Sea Change, the sustainable seafood restaurant at the Guthrie, would be handed over to an insider, Jamie Malone. After flying in chefs from around the country to try out, Sea Chang ... More >>

Wine meals, farm dinners, and a blogger bake sale this week in food

Cookies for a cause​Sure, you can go out to eat for going-out-to-eat's sake, but this week offers the chance to justify your expenditures in two ways: theme dinners or fundraisers.

Sea Change introduces new prime-time happy hour

Not your average filet o' fish​It's been a busy week at Sea Change in Minneapolis. First chef de cuisine Erik Anderson was nominated by Food & Wine magazine as one of the Midwest's best new chefs, then he was recognized as one of the semi-finalists for a James Beard Award for best Midwestern c ... More >>

Food & Wine nominates four locals for People's Best New Chef

Nominee Erik Anderson working his kitchen magic. ​Since 1998, the editors of Food & Wine magazine have selected 10 up-and-comers in the restaurant world to honor on its cover each July--Stewart Woodman, Tim McKee, and Seth Bixby Daugherty among them. This year, the magazine is expanding its ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata Nordeast Edition: A Goulash of Good Times

Gastro Non GrataGastro expands to a two-day affair!​Gastro Non Grata has proved so successful that it's holding a two-day food and music extravaganza this weekend to benefit the Ritz Theater in NE Minneapolis. The November 12 show features chef Philip Becht (Modern Café) and Steven Brown ... More >>

Celebrity Chef Tour Minneapolis: the slideshow

Tim McKee's grilled lamb ribeye ​A legendary feast took place at Solera last Thursday as a multitude of culinary superpowers combined forces at a benefit for the James Beard Foundation--supporters of all things educational and extraordinary about food. Nine chefs. Nine courses. Here is the team: T ... More >>

Haute Dish's Landon Schoenefeld: Talent with a temper

Chef has held more restaurant jobs than many retired cooks

Weekend Checklist: Gay Beast, Mark Mallman, Ween, Gastro Non Grata, and more

​We at Gimme Noise think that if rock and roll was a national currency, the Minnesota economy would be through the roof. As it is, you still have to shell out some hard earned bucks, but there's plenty worth it this weekend. Here's a quick list of awesome local shows (and a few national acts we co ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata guys talk meat, beer, and rock-n-roll: Chef Chat, part 3

courtesy of Gastro Non GrataWe want one of these, badly. ​In the final installment of our talk with the Gastro Non Grata guys, we delve a little deeper into the psyche of these "home cooks"--they do not like to be called chefs--and again remind you to check out Vagabond Vacation this Sunday, ... More >>

Tour de Farm in Tangletown, Gastro non Grata in the Main Room: The Week in Food

​ There's a lot on tap this week: swig on Shakespeare, get in a food fight, and see our own Gastro non Grata at First Ave. Enjoy your Week in Food. Monday 6/21 A Midsummer Swig: sounds like our kind of culture. Enjoy music, local food, and drinks at CodeSpace while raising money for Tales of ... More >>

Taste of the Nation HOTList has a hot list of chefs

​The annual Taste of the Nation HOTList takes place at the Guthrie on June 24 and features the cooking/shaking of 15 favorite Twin Cities chefs and mixologists. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the local dining scene, so if you have yet to dine at, say, Bar La Grassa, Cafe Maude, or the Strip ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata: Vagabond Vacation

​The annual Taste of the Nation HOTList takes place at the Guthrie on June 24 and features the cooking/shaking of 15 favorite Twin Cities chefs and mixologists. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the local dining scene, so if you have yet to dine at, say, Bar La Grassa, Cafe Maude, or the Strip ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata @ First Avenue

​ GASTRO NON GRATA : VAGABOND VACATION SUNDAY, JUNE 27. DOORS AT 5:30 $12 ADVANCE/$15 DOOR FIRST AVENUE, 7TH ST. ENTRY AND RECORD ROOM Gastro Non Grata plays the main room. Returning chef faves Erik Anderson, Heather Hartman, Jim Grell, and Mike Phillips will be making food (hand-ground and ca ... More >>

Longfellow Grill, Sea Change host patio parties: The Week in Food

​It's patio season--enjoy the outdoors, throw back a few brews, and dream about Bentleys, making (and feeding) babies, singing soul, and saving pennies. Welcome to your week in food. Monday 6/7 Sit back. Relax. Stay awhile. Sea Change and Gastro Non Grata invite you to chill out with their Mond ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata/Seachange patio series

​Adding to the list of ways we love Gastro Non Grata-- the traveling food and drink circus of our dreams--tonight is the start of their new patio series as they team up with Seachange on the banks of the Mississippi. Chef Erik Anderson will be grilling fresh seafood, the beer will be a-flow ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata @ Sea Change Patio

​If you've been looking for an excuse to check out this summer's new grill menu at Sea Change, Gastro Non Grata offers an introduction on Monday, June 7, 5:30-9:00 p.m. This one's a little more upscale than the typical GNG affair: There's a $5 cover, and a three-course sampler prepared by Se ... More >>

Coming soon: Haute Dish

Hot Dish gets the scoop on Haute Dish from chef/owner Landon Schoenefeld.

The best new Twin Cities restaurants of 2009

Sea Change, Anchor Fish & Chips among favorite new spots

Sea Change's Tim McKee brings sustainable seafood to the Guthrie

Award-winning chef presents creative dining options at the "theatery"

Sea Change's Erik Anderson takes our questions

Sea Change's head chef has known his way around a kitchen since he was a wee suburban tot.

Gastro Non Grata featuring Sea Change, La Belle Vie chefs

Preserved tuna salmon mousse summer vegetable tart Lagunitas beer = this go-round of Gastro Non Grata.

Gastro Non Grata

Preserved tuna salmon mousse summer vegetable tart Lagunitas beer = this go-round of Gastro Non Grata.

New Guthrie restaurant names chef...

We couldn't be more excited! Drumroll, please...

Grand Cafe's Jon Radle wins Local Chef Challenge

A combination of cool-under-pressure cooking skills and an intimidating publicity photo put Radle on top of his competition.

"Local Chef Challenge" tickets still available

MnMo-sponsored food and wine show going on today through Sunday.

Steven Brown out at Porter & Frye

Mission (Mostly) Accomplished

Acclaimed local chef Doug Flicker has finally rolled out his own menus at Mission American Kitchen