November 05, 2007
Corn Guy vs. Taco Lady
The "Food vs. Fuel" debate hits close to home for Corn Guy when he's forced into a confrontation with Taco Lady. But Corn Guy is willing to do just about anything to set the record straight, including - well, you'll see.
Disclaimer: Corn Guy is a paid spokescreature, given life to battle the many myths surrounding ethanol.
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October 04, 2007
Eaten by Andrew Zimmern
An extremely short film, precisely described by the title.
Talk about bizarre foods.
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September 20, 2007
Introducing: Corn Guy TV
Who is this “Corn Guy”? Why is he fighting with Taco Lady (aka Cristina)? Is he our friend, or just some weird dude? Stay tuned to CornGuy.tv to find out.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 12:54 AM
August 29, 2007
MN State Fair On A Stick
Just how many foodstuffs can you eat on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair? A lot. Fifty-nine, in fact. This video by TKordonowy documents them all.
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August 16, 2007
Localize It!
Localize It! is a new show from Bretton Jones of Minneapolitics which will focus on "localizing political economy."
In this show, Bretton has a wide-ranging conversation with Mark Muller of the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy. Among the topics of discussion: Markets, the farm bill, and ethanol. You may not be familiar with the IATP, but you may be familiar with one of their subsidiaries, Peace Coffee.
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April 05, 2007
Karina is a Super Taster
Karina found out she's a super taster! Be sure to check out her Videoblogging Week 2007 videos. For example, her Craig Finn impersonation.
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March 29, 2007
Eating for the Dead
Sloppy Films auteur John Akre writes: Eating for the Dead is a long distance telephone cartoonversation between my friend Marla who lives in Montana and myself (calling from Minneapolis). We talk and animate about eating, life, and death.
Akre's animated feature film Wargoon Flishe will screen at the Bedlam Theatre, on Sunday, May 20th at 7 p.m.
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March 08, 2007
Chambers Ice Bar
They say the Chambers ice bar is "first outdoor urban ice bar in the United States," perhaps inspired by the Absolut Ice Bar in Sweden. This ice bar has a nice open fire pit next to it. Fire and ice, Minnesota nice - I think there's a bad rap song here somewhere.
Disclaimer: I made this for the Chambers web site.
I'd hoped to post a "Director's Cut" of this video, where the manager talks about how some lady customers desire to imprint their bosoms on the ice bar. But alas, time is short, so let your imagination run wild.
RELATED VIDEO:
Chambers Kitchen review
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January 26, 2007
Review: Chambers Kitchen
Chuck and Lorika are back on the restaurant review trail, starting with Chambers Kitchen. This is, hands-down, one of the best meals we've ever had. (Auriga, sadly closing this week, holds second place.)
Please note, this was done with my old camera which was sucky in low light conditions. From now on, these things will look pretty decent. My new camera rocks. Check out my latest MSP video featuring Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Carson Kressley.
MORE ACTUAL REVIEWS:
MSP: Andrew Zimmern and Peter Lilienthal
City Pages: Dara Moskowitz
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November 02, 2006
Tater Twat Hotdish
What do you get when you cross Charles Bukowski with Ze Frank? Genius. What you get is genius.
Duluth native John Holden does weird things at Detrimental Information, also the name of his zine. This video probably has what you'd call "explicit content." Yesterday we had a very woman-positive vibe on Minnesota Stories, and today - well, you just never know what's going to happen.
John writes: I show you how to make a tater tot/twat hotdish. I take one comment. And then it's the final episode of the Cathie and John Show. The music in this episode was composed by my cousin, Drew Doom.
RELATED VIDEO: RE: Chuck Olsen
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October 31, 2006
Split Face
From the bedeviled camera of Max Sparber:
A female monster with half a face attempts to sate her inhuman hunger on the Jucy Lucy, the legendary hamburger of Matt's Bar is south Minneapolis. Make up based on a design by Dick Smith from his book "Dick Smith's Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up."
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September 06, 2006
Food Fun Finale: Uffda Treat
You thought the fair was over, did ya? Not until we hear from Karina one more time, as promised. The final Food Fun victor was the Uffda Treat. It's the perfect way to top off this fine series of interactive gastronomical video adventures.
I vote Karina goes vegan this week to counteract all those deep fried goodies.
Klaas has some state fair videos too, be sure to check out 3 girls and a horse. (Yes, it's safe for work.)
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September 01, 2006
Food Fun: Deep Fried Mac 'n' Cheese
Hello friends! I've been in NYC this week, so everyone give a big hand to Karina for sacrificing her digestive system for the sake of serious, investigative vlog journalism. Today we have the finale: Deep Fried Mac 'n' Cheese. On a stick.
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August 30, 2006
Food Fun: Deep Friend Chocolate Chip Cookies
Karina gets really dirty with this "very tasty" treat on a stick. Another entertaining entry from her Minnesota State Fair "Food Fun" series.
Only one more chance to vote for what food Karina should eat next. Take the poll in the right sidebar.
CONTRIBUTOR: Karina Hill, Schmlog
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August 28, 2006
Food Fun: Hot Dish on a Stick
Karina, the interactive State Fairbot, obeys your every culinary command. Your votes were tallied for Day One and here she is eating the winner: Hot dish on a stick. Ya, you betcha!
Vote for what food Karina should eat next. Take the poll in the right sidebar.
CONTRIBUTOR: Karina Hill, Schmlog
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August 23, 2006
Food Fun @ The Fair
Hey, who wants a puke-ache on a stick? Karina, that's who - and you can help! Head on over to Schmlog and vote for up to 15 foods you want Karina to try at the Great Minnesota Get-Together. She'll be filing video reports with her results, watch for them here and on Schmlog.
** UPDATE: Vote for what food Karina should eat in the poll in the right sidebar!
CONTRIBUTOR: Karina Hill
LAST YEAR'S STATE FAIR VIDEOS ARE QUITE NICE:
Trippy ferris wheel
Ye Olde Mill
Katrina Reaction
Robert Fitzgerald
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July 28, 2006
Review: Crema Café
It's been far too long since our last amateur restaurant review [The Bad Waitress, Dec. '05]. On a hot summer day after the Art Car Parade, we were in the mood for some quality ice cream. We ended up savoring some of the best homemade ice cream available anywhere: Sonny's ice cream at the Crema Café.
But wait! We also had some delicious, creamy portabella mushroom soup ($3.50/cup with toast) and Lori sipped a Cafe Crema, which is a mocha dollopped with ice cream. They also have yummy panini sandwiches. Lori recently returned for lunch and raved about their dill havarti grilled cheese, not to mention the green tea ice cream.
All in all, the food and cozy Euro-style environs make Crema Cafe one of our very favorite new places for lunch, coffee or dessert. We give it 10 thumbs-up.
MUSIC: William Redmond, "In the Good Old Summer Time" (1902)
RELATED LINKS:
City Pages: The Crema Crop is an excellent read about the history of Crema Café
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April 24, 2006
Where's Your Food From?
Most of us aren't connected to our way of life. Even our basic necessities of food and clothing often come from far away places made by far away people. Carleton College senior Elizabeth Van Buren decided to design her final project around both her love of cooking and the environmental. Wouldn't it be great if you always knew where all the organic ingredients in your meal came from?
Vlog-maker Karina has the recipes, and word on the street is: Sustainability is delicious.
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December 29, 2005
Review: The Bad Waitress
We're trying something new here at Minnesota Stories: Restaurant and café reviews. First up is the new coffee shop/breakfast joint from the owner of the Spyhouse coffee shop, The Bad Waitress. I have to say I love the pulp fiction-inspired name and logo. Overall we liked it, and we are especially happy they serve breakfast all day. Lori had a bit of bad spinach and found her omelette a bit thin on the goodies, but my scramble with was full of gooey gouda goodness.
We don't have a rating system per se, but Lori gave it "3.5 out of 5 whatevers" and I gave it "2.5 3
MORE REVIEWS:
The Rake
Driver2165
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November 24, 2005
"thanks"
Turkey looks gross, doesn't it? I still eat it though, because it's tasty. I'm thankful for our abundance of food, and our warm house, and all the people in my life, and cameras and computers and the internets. I'm thankful for Chasing Windmills, the best new vlog around.
CONTRIBUTOR: Jadelr, Chasing Windmills
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September 26, 2005
Mangos Y Chicharrón
Secrets of the city... we have an unlimited supply. Did you know that on certain lucky days, on a certain corner of Lake Street, a big-hearted Mexican lady named Rosa sells fresh seasoned mangos and chicharrón? It's true. The proof is in the vlog.
CONTRIBUTOR: Allison Herrera, Everybody's Broke
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