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It is time to wrap up another fine week at the Hot Dish as the local scene bursts with super sexy food action. Let us tell you all about it with a few of the week's top stories. ~In the "... More >>

The fourth week in January is also known by another, more proper name: National Irish Coffee Week. To celebrate, we wanted to share a recipe from the place thought to serve the best Irish coff... More >>

If ever there was a loaded dish, it is this. A dish full of fat, cream, cheese, and nostalgia, and so hearty it can redeem the saddest, most downtrodden day. When eaters speak of comfort food,... More >>

Looking for food and laughs this Valentine's Day? Well, you're in luck. Acme Comedy Club is offering a four-course dinner and show package for just $40. The comedian Brent Weinbach is known... More >>

I've finally stumped Jay Viskocil. For the last hour, Solera's general manager and beverage aficionado has been giving me a tour through the restaurant's expanded wine list, which now boasts... More >>

Only four people in the world have earned the right to use the title Master Cicerone?. San Francisco Bay Area beer maven Nicole Erny is the youngest of them and the only female. What is a... More >>

With the snow and wet and cold and slush, food on wheels, a concept we tend to reserve for the summer months, may be the furthest thing from our collective culinary minds. But a newcomer to th... More >>

Eli's Food and Cocktails at the edge of downtown Minneapolis and Loring Park has long been a well-kept secret of downtown denizens. With its good food, well-chosen beer and wine list, and ... More >>

Many of us are well aware that we can get amazing, global cuisine handed directly to us from the windows of our local food trucks, but now the rest of the nation is sitting up and taking notice... More >>

Local, natural soda maker Joia has put out the call on Twitter and Facebook that it needs tasters. It's looking to expand its  flavor lineup and is offering a free tasting in exchange for ... More >>

So often, Minneapolis and St. Paul are ignored by the national magazines' best-of awards and end-of-the-year lists. Our innovative restaurants and late-night hot spots are overlooked for somet... More >>

Once the New Year parties pass, January doesn't offer much to celebrate. A little industrious googling, however, quickly reveals some lesser-known January holidays. Did you know, for... More >>

Winterfest is THE hot ticket of the Twin Cities beer-fest year. A showcase for members of the Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild, it is open only to Minnesota breweries. They are all trying to... More >>

Minnesota residents no longer have to take a trek out to National Harbor, Maryland, to visit a Peeps & Company retail store: a new location has opened right in the Mall of America. ... More >>

March 14 used to be the day that held national significance for lovers of flaky pastry and mathematical constants alike, but the American Pie Council has declared today, January 23, National Pi... More >>