Three Restaurants Lean into Delivery and Pickup to Rebuild their Businesses
There has been nothing easy about being a restaurant operator during this last year and a half. Through shutdowns, changing customer habits and relentless uncertainty, three self-made owner-operators leaned into delivery and their relationship with DoorDash to find their footing, attract new business and reclaim their love for serving their communities. Read more.
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Gentleman Forager’s mushroom-hunting jamboree attracts sustainability subculture
“Oh, I know Mike,” seemed to be the first sentence off every persons’ lips when asked how they found Gentleman Forager’s Lobster Mushroom Jamboree. General admission to the event—which ran from August 13-15—included camping, all meals, live music and guided foraging from the Gentleman Forager himself, Mike Kempenich.
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New & Noteworthy: Wkndr
Chef Jamie Malone released the Wkndr package in September, an “inspirational meal kit.” The October issue is influenced by connoisseur and sommelier Bill Summerville, a real-life gourmand who shares his ideal weekend featuring lobster bisque and roast pork belly. Read more.
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Coffee Talk
Occupying the former Spoonriver location in the Mill District of Minneapolis, the Minnesota Farmers Union opened Farmer’s Kitchen + Bar on August 25. Catch up on the latest from Bacon Social House, Hark! Cafe and The Copperfield. Read more.
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As pastry chef for The American Swedish Institute’s restaurant FIKA, Brenna Morrison employs a bevy of sleight of hand maneuvers. Take, for instance, her directions for the popular-must-have-in-the-bakery-case Cardamom Buns: “Hold strips of dough with both hands using pincer fingers, twist toward you with your right hand, two to three times. Using your right hand, twist the strip around your left thumb and push the open end into where the left thumb is to close the roll or ‘knot.’”
Easy for her, maybe. But remember she’s not just making one batch, nor is it the only item proofing in her upstairs kitchen. Pastries are big in Sweden—and in Swedish transplants like Morrison.
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