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Dining With Dara: Donuts, Vinegar, and Mick Jagger (Huh?)

Posted at 2:28 PM on October 19, 2011 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Dining with Dara

What do those three things have in common? Our food and dining authority Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl clued us in today, as she talked about some of the topics covered in this month's "Best Of The Twin Cities" issue of Minnesota Monthly.

Dara also noted:

"The best bowling alley: Lariat Lanes. There's an excellent picture in the magazine of a Lariat Lanes bowling pin autographed by the Beastie Boys, and it turns out that Lariat Lanes has had some ridiculous celebrity visits - like Mick Jagger and Garth Brooks. No, really.

Best vinegar: ­In Long Prairie, up near St. Cloud, there¹s a small farm-,
orchard- and herb-garden-based company called Leatherwood Vinegary run by a husband and wife who make the most delicious herb and fruit vinegars all from products they raise in their fields. I¹ll bring some in, and we can taste it ­ or not.

Best Barbecue: ­Up in Champlin, Minnesota, is a fantastic Barbecue place called Q Fanatic, where the chef, Charlie Johnson, is actually a disciple of one of the greatest chefs of the 20th century, a chef named Fredy Girardet. Johnson worked beside one of Girardet¹s longtime sous chefs in Florida, where he learned to pay attention to every detail. Details like this amazing vodka hot pepper sauce which is beautifully hot without that vinegar burn, or making ribs as tender as tears. So excellent."


Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl, veteran Twin Cities food and dining authority, is a five-time James Beard Award-Winning food writer who is also Senior Editor at Minnesota Monthly and author of Drink This: Wine Made Simple.

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