Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl grew up in New York City and attended public schools during the dread Ronald Reagan "ketchup is a vegetable" years. Fearful that mustard would soon be declared a meat, she quickly learned to be over articulate about food. She has been the food and wine critic for City Pages, the Village Voice Paper of Minneapolis and St. Paul, since 1997, and has contributed to Gourmet, USA Today, Wine & Spirits, and other publications. Nominated seven times for James Beard awards, she has won twice.
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
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travel + culture
Locavore in Paradise
In St. Thomas, coconuts, papayas, and mangoes are the freshest, most local produce. Fingerling potatoes, meanwhile, cost $5 a pound and cater to the yachting crowd.
02.01.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- fruit,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Nick and Eddie
Do great restaurants ever really die? It's a good question to ask when at Nick and Eddie, Minneapolis’s newest big-buzz restaurant.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- first taste,
- minneapolis
chefs + restaurants
Colin and the Chocolate Factory
Ever wonder why no one you know manufactures chocolate from raw cocoa beans? Right—neither had I until I spent an afternoon with 22-year-old Colin Gasko.
01.15.08
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- chefs,
- ingredients,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- minneapolis
food + cooking
Silence of No Lambs
This is the kind of story Midwesterners won't tell you unless you drive across the snow-covered fields to talk to them.
12.20.07
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- ingredients,
- cheese,
- midwest,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
chefs + restaurants
The Cocktail Gender Divide
Innovation reaches new heights at the Sofitel Water Tower hotel's bar, where I saw something for the first time: a "his 'n hers" cocktail list.
11.15.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- bars,
- cocktail,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
food + cooking
Pizza 2.0
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the pizza cone. Now, the cynics among you might ask: "Isn't it ridiculous to put pizza in an ice-cream cone?
11.14.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- pizza,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
food + cooking
Spammed
Imagine you're the brand-manager for Crisco or Spam—it must be like being Jayden James Spears Federline at a supermarket checkout line.
10.17.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- meat,
- pork,
- nutrition/Diet,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
food + cooking
I’ll Show You a Candy Apple
In Minnesota, we have heard the call of the future, and it is sweeter than you can fathom.
10.05.07
- Keywords
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- ingredients,
- dessert,
- candy,
- midwest
food + cooking
Collect Them All
My grocery store, The Wedge, has released its first set of local-organic-farmer trading cards.
09.13.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- farmers,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
travel + culture
Corny, Yet Awesome
Never seen the Corn Palace? You’re in for a treat.
08.15.07
- Keywords
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- vegetable,
- culinary culture
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