Hacking Fine Dining Chefs/co-owners of Travail and the Rookery, Mike Brown, Bob Gerken and James Winberg are a trio to be reckoned with. In the past year, they closed the original Travail opening Pig Ate My Pizza in its place, created a dim sum pop-up in North Minneapolis, launched an epic Kickstarter campaign and reopened Travail… Read More →
#TBT When I decided I wanted to do television some of my first appearances were on local news shows as a food expert. Here is one of those appearances from 1997 where I demonstrated how to make a lamb and raita dish on Everyday Living, a Twin Cities-based morning show. You might recognize the host… Read More →
Preserving Eastern European Heritage Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company is an iconic Twin Cities restaurant and deli, serving Eastern European sausages and comfort classics for more than 50 years. The Kramarczuk family’s story is an ultimate immigrant success story. Wasyl and Anna Kramarczuk moved to the United States to escape war-torn Europe in 1949. In the 50s,… Read More →
Biking in My Adopted Hometown So you want to spend a day in Minneapolis and you’re looking for something to do? My new hometown has got it all. Here in the Twin Cities, everyone bikes everywhere, and cycling around one of the city lakes is something that should not be missed. Don’t have a bike? You gotta… Read More →
Devoted to Sustainable Seafood Jamie Malone prepares incredible seafood at Minneapolis’ acclaimed Sea Change, located on the Mississippi River in the contemporary Guthrie Theater complex. Her artfully curated menu showcases a variety of well-researched sustainable species, so delicious that Food & Wine recognized her on this year’s list of Best New Chefs. We chat with… Read More →
Bringing Thai to the Twin Cities Supenn Harrison introduced Minnesota to the flavors of her native Thailand when she opened her first Sawatdee restaurant in 1983. Thirty years later her story is one of great success – she’s the owner of seven acclaimed Thai restaurants, a cooking class instructor, the recipient of numerous awards and… Read More →
Indian Cooking in a Midwestern Kitchen Raghavan Iyer’s new cookbook, Indian Cuisine Unfolded, opens up the world of Indian cuisine for the American home cook by recreating some of his favorite dishes with ingredients found in the typical American grocery store. The Bombay native also narrated a Twin Cities Public Television documentary called Asian Flavors based on… Read More →
Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook Hank Shaw’s James Beard award-winning blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, documents his adventures hunting, gathering and cooking with editorials and recipes that expound his admirable, back-to-nature philosophy – we need to take ownership of the food we eat by buying, hunting, foraging and consuming honest ingredients. The former line cook and… Read More →
The Gold Standard for Fine Dining After 15 years, executive chef/owner Tim McKee (the 2009 James Beard Award-winner for Best Chef Midwest) and chef de cuisine Mike DeCamp continue to impress with outstanding food and service at La Belle Vie. As the pinnacle of local fine dining, there isn’t a better spot in the Twin Cities… Read More →
Happy Thanksgiving! With my favorite holiday of the year just around the corner, I thought it would be timely to post some Thanksgiving help for the culinarily challenged among you. No holiday is as confounding as this one for the home cook who is expected to rise above the normal hellfires of daily cooking for… Read More →
Happy Thanksgiving! With my favorite holiday of the year just around the corner, I thought it would be timely to post some Thanksgiving help for the culinarily challenged among you. No holiday is as confounding as this one for the home cook who is expected to rise above the normal hellfires of daily cooking for… Read More →
Good Pairings Check out the new Appetite for Life Good Pairings! This is my fourth season hosting the original online series and this time I travel from the Twin Cities to the Windy City to the West Coast looking for the most innovative, food-forward cuisine I can find. I’m seeking out innovators, chefs and farms that… Read More →
Good Pairings Check out the new Appetite for Life Good Pairings! This is my fourth season hosting the original online series and this time I travel from the Twin Cities to the Windy City to the West Coast looking for the most innovative, food-forward cuisine I can find. I’m seeking out innovators, chefs and farms that… Read More →
Pizza Perfection Pizzeria Lola always makes it onto my top-ten list of favorite pizza joints, not only in the Twin Cities, but in the entire country. Yes, it’s true, Minnesota has the best pizza in America. Let the debate begin! Chef Ann Kim is a perfectionist when it comes to her crust and an artist when it comes… Read More →
Pizza Perfection Pizzeria Lola always makes it onto my top-ten list of favorite pizza joints, not only in the Twin Cities, but in the entire country. Yes, it’s true, Minnesota has the best pizza in America. Let the debate begin! Chef Ann Kim is a perfectionist when it comes to her crust and an artist when it comes… Read More →
A Northside Culinary Gem Chef Erick Harcey is reinventing pub classics at this neighborhood eatery in north Minneapolis, where your chef is also your waiter and the whole staff collaborates. This is one of the top (and maybe most underrated) restaurants in the Twin Cities. Every item on the chalkboard menu is a worthy adversary–from… Read More →
A Northside Culinary Gem Chef Erick Harcey is reinventing pub classics at this neighborhood eatery in north Minneapolis, where your chef is also your waiter and the whole staff collaborates. This is one of the top (and maybe most underrated) restaurants in the Twin Cities. Every item on the chalkboard menu is a worthy adversary–from… Read More →
Let’s Catch Up I have been on vacation and then off to shoot Iowa and Wisconsin episodes of Bizarre Foods America that will air in November/December. But I’m back and there is a ton to talk about so I will try to practice restraint and not overwhelm. Let’s catch up on a few things. The… Read More →
Let’s Catch Up I have been on vacation and then off to shoot Iowa and Wisconsin episodes of Bizarre Foods America that will air in November/December. But I’m back and there is a ton to talk about so I will try to practice restraint and not overwhelm. Let’s catch up on a few things. The… Read More →
Soda Prohibition Taking On Obesity The gang is back together in the Twin Cities. Andrew and Molly talk Anthony Bourdain’s move to network TV, the New York “Soda Prohibition” and Disney’s new nutrition standards. Plus, Andrew and Molly give us their favorite places to eat in New Orleans. Questions We want to include your listener… Read More →
Soda Prohibition Taking On Obesity The gang is back together in the Twin Cities. Andrew and Molly talk Anthony Bourdain’s move to network TV, the New York “Soda Prohibition” and Disney’s new nutrition standards. Plus, Andrew and Molly give us their favorite places to eat in New Orleans. Questions We want to include your listener… Read More →
Bob & Sue live to eat They often share their dining experiences with us so we have invited them to share their culinary exploits here on AndrewZimmern.com. While actively supporting the independent chefs in the Twin Cities, Bob & Sue Macdonald have traveled the world for the past 20 years seeking out great restaurant experiences in Europe… Read More →
Bob & Sue live to eat They often share their dining experiences with us so we have invited them to share their culinary exploits here on AndrewZimmern.com. While actively supporting the independent chefs in the Twin Cities, Bob & Sue Macdonald have traveled the world for the past 20 years seeking out great restaurant experiences in Europe… Read More →
Passport Hospitality Andrew Zimmern is the CEO and founder Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food retail development company that provides consulting services and creates unique culinary concepts inspired by his travels. Passport Hospitality delivers original, authentic culinary concepts inspired by our travels to restaurants and markets. We provide project consulting and full-service restaurant development, managing…
Outrage, grief and pain over the failure to address equity issues, real justice and systemic racism is fueling a necessary movement for change across the nation. I believe in stepping up and advocating for our BIPOC and any marginalized communities. Let’s dismantle these oppressive systems. I am listening and learning, and will amplify and donate…
About Andrew Zimmern Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy-winning and four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and social justice advocate. As the creator, executive producer and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise, Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food, MSNBC’s What’s Eating America, Magnolia Network’s Emmy-nominated Family Dinner, and the Emmy-winning The Zimmern List, he has…
Last week I spoke at the 75th annual American Public Gardens Association Conference, hosted by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Como Park Zoo & Conservatory. Before the event, I sat down with Lisa Marchand of Minnesota Monthly to chat about our broken food system and the state’s farming potential. Read the article here. When… Read More →
#TBT Here I am at the turn of the millennium working as a chef on a local news station. I made cheese ravioli and a vegetable sauce along with Tim Sherno, now a reporter for 5 Eyewitness News, and Alix Kendall, host of FOX9‘s morning show. While everything else seems outdated, we’re lucky that ravioli is… Read More →
