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February 19, 2013Krungthep's Thai sausage: 50 Favorite Dishes, no. 46
As a countdown to the Best of the Twin Cities 2013, coming April 17, the Hot Dish is serving up 50 of our favorite local dishes. Last year we voted Krungthep Thai, the new Eat Street outpost of the ever-popular Bangkok Thai Deli, the best Thai restaurant of 2012 thanks to dishes like its wicked ... More >>
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November 2, 2012Best of Hot Dish: October 29-November 2, 2012
This week, our cup has overflowed with prime food and drink news. Here's a few of the week's top stories.~Sometimes there is nothing like a stiff cocktail and a big ol' slab of meat. Join us as we pay tribute to the Cities' Top 10 steak houses.~The slideshows were happening this week, with a to ... More >>
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October 29, 2012Bangkok Thai Deli closing temporarily
It's just going to be for a short time, and they aren't going very far, but Bangkok Thai Deli, the top-notch restaurant tucked away in the back of an Asian supermarket, is shutting down and moving this week.Here are the details on your last chance to pick up some pad kee mow, boat noodles, or pa-nan ... More >>
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October 23, 2012Best pumpkin dishes in the Twin Cities, part 2
Ah, mid-autumn. The time of year best marked by your level of annoyance with people who are still talking about how great it is that pumpkin lattes are back. But savvy foodies know there are so many more interesting uses for this in-season squash than as a syrupy synthetic shot in your morning coffe ... More >>
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October 22, 2012Best pumpkin dishes in the Twin Cities, part 1
Ah, mid-autumn. The time of year best marked by your level of annoyance with people who are still talking about how great it is that pumpkin lattes are back. But savvy foodies know there are so many more interesting uses for this in-season squash than as a syrupy synthetic shot in your morning coffe ... More >>
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April 30, 2012Cinco de Mayo, Great Waters cask dinner kick off May this Week in Food
It's (almost) May, and our week in food reflects this most welcome month: Cinco de Mayo cooking classes and a new chef at Gather just to name a few. Enjoy!
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April 16, 2012Amazing Thailand hosts Songkran Festival
Last Friday marked the start of Songkran, a three-day festival celebrating the Thai New Year. Minneapolis locals kicked off the holiday a little early on Thursday night at Amazing Thailand in Uptown, with traditional dance demonstrations, a display of elaborate fruit carvings, all-night happy hour, ... More >>
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March 1, 2012Top 5 ways to celebrate National Peanut Butter Day
At this point, anyone with a computer and a random craving could declare any day on the calendar to be National Pizza Day, or National Rhubarb Day, and social media being what it is, the world would believe it in a matter of hours. But when we learned that today is National Peanut Butter Day, we th ... More >>
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February 10, 2012Best of Hot Dish: February 6 -February 10, 2012
This week at the Hot Dish the stories were extra hot to warm the coldest of days. Here are a few of the week's top reports. ~We know many of you want to get your lovin' on for Valentine's Day; here's our picks for the most romantic restaurants for you and your snookums.~We also know tha ... More >>
Restaurants
February 8, 2012Krungthep Thai is the real deal
Eat Street spot wins with authenticity
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January 9, 2012Ford plant closure symptomatic of capitalism's ills, writes World Socialist
Weeks after the last Ford vehicle build in Minnesota rolled off the Highland Park assembly line, the World Socialist Website writes that the plant's closure is symptomatic of the decline of American manufacturing. The fact that one of the world's leading sources for left-wing news and analysis pi ... More >>
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November 17, 2011Top 5 INDOOR food truck experiences
We'll miss you, sunny days of summerDay by day our favorite street finds are dropping out of the game. A few intrepid souls like Nate of Natedogs and the vivacious ladies of Fork in the Road plan to stay out all winter long. Others, like Lisa Carlson and Carrie Summers of the Chef Shack, will lea ... More >>
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October 14, 2011Chrysanthemum juice at Bangkok Thai: Drink of the week
Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>
Movies
May 25, 2011Hangover II: Didn't we already see this movie?
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis star in dude comedy
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March 28, 2011University Avenue's best Asian restaurants
Restaurants worth fighting LRT construction.This week's Dish review dubbed On's Thai Kitchen on University at Snelling in St. Paul as a restaurant worth enduring the hassle of LRT construction (Work is now being done between Emerald and Hamline, with the 'dozers moving on to the rest of Universit ... More >>
Restaurants
March 23, 2011Naviya's and On's Thai spice up the Twin Cities
Two new Thai restaurants in Linden Hills and St. Paul
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November 8, 2010St. Paul's Hmong Village offers food galore! See our new slideshow.
Hmong Village, now open.Walking through the new Hmong Village in St Paul's East Side is truly a unique experience. Like the Hmongtown Marketplace on Como and Marion, the sheer volume and variety of food is astonishing with 35 produce vendors and 17 restaurants. Endless bubble teas, medicinal herb ... More >>
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October 25, 2010The Melting Pot celebrates boobs this Week in Food
Tschadi & ZehntnerEat this. We're all over the board this week, from pasta to Asian wine pairings to roaches and rodents to fondue for boobs. It's a lot to take on, but we know you're up to the challenge of this Week in Food. Monday 10/25 Get your eatin' pants on--it's World Pasta Day. The ... More >>
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October 19, 2010Sen Yai Sen Lek vs. Taste of Thailand: Who has the best pad thai?
A.J. OlmscheidA taste of Taste of Thailand's pad thaiThis week Food Fight went for another top takeout dish, pad thai. Between our two competitors, Taste of Thailand and Sen Yai Sen Lek, we found that while the main ingredients are fairly uniform--a heaping pile of noodles, a sprinkling of c ... More >>
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August 25, 2010Best new patios
Michelle LeonUptown Cafeteria's new Skybar is king!We all have our favorite standbys for outdoor drinking and dining--W.A. Frost's lush garden patio, the busy sidewalk seats at French Meadow, or the Dennis Rodman-drawing roofdeck at Stella's. But have you checked out the breezy surrounds at t ... More >>
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August 3, 2010Top ten memorable celebrity twins
This weekend twins, triplets, quads, and their families will make a pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio for the Twins Days Festival. In deference to this celebration of multiples, we've put together a list of some of the most memorable twins. Some are famous because they're beautiful, others for th ... More >>
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June 29, 2010Chef Shack debuts at 5th and Hennepin
Donuts for breakfast, tacos for lunchThe smell of Indian-spiced mini-doughnuts in the steaming core of downtown Minneapolis is not a trick: The Chef Shack has set up shop at the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue and is offering its trademark doughnuts, tacos, Arnie Palmers, and even ... More >>
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December 29, 2009Forced repatriation of ethnic Hmong raises state senator's ire
Mee Moua joins the international outcry over the fate of 4,000 Hmong forced to return to Laos.
Restaurants
November 11, 2009Loring Kitchen and Ginger Hop: The hits and misses
Add these two to the long list of new Twin Cities restaurants
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March 18, 2009Restaurants
January 28, 2009Roat Osha replaces Uptown Thai staple Sawatdee
Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?
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January 22, 2009DIY-On-The-Fly: Banana leaf fish
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Check out the new DIY-On-The-Fly slideshow and learn banana leaf co ... More >>Blogs
December 22, 2008Hmong find BK's 'burger virgins' ad hard to stomach
Is Burger King's new ad more offensive than its burger-scented body spray ... More >>Blogs
December 2, 2008Teens charged in nursing home abuse, Hopkins text threat grammar
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January 18, 2006The Last Place on Earth
After the final remaining Hmong refugee camp in Thailand closed, Minnesota greeted five thousand new residents with warm words and closed doors. Now many are homeless and struggling to survive.
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January 26, 2005Restaurants
August 25, 2004Heartland Cooking, With Fish Sauce
Cooking instructor Supatra Johnson connects the dots from southeast Asian farmers to you
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October 1, 2003Living in America
Meet the neighbors
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April 23, 2003True Thai Story
A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up
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