I spend a little too much time on Yelp — finding new restaurants, checking up on old ones and getting mad about reviews I don’t like. Somehow, though, Zait & Za’atar has managed to slip right under my nose for two years. Normally in this situation I might be tempted to blame an unassuming exterior,…
Growing weary of the Macalester bubble, this week I set off to explore the neighboring bubble of St. Catherine University. I had heard rumors of Quixotic Coffee through the grapevine of fellow elite caffeine critiques in the 55105, and gosh darn it, it was high time I tried it for myself. I walked in and…
Ingredients: 1 jar 1/4-1/3 jarful of old fashioned rolled oats A few sprinkles of other seed items (like those chia seeds you impulse bought at the start of your last health kick) A few dashes of cinnamon Milk of your choice, twice as much as your oats 2-3 drops of vanilla extract 1 big squeeze…
With the introduction of food-delivery apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, I have seen my roommates increasingly binging on cheap, American-style Chinese food. I don’t blame them; it’s inexpensive, delicious, filling and most importantly, not Cafe Mac. However, this school year I’ve been trying to make my own American-Chinese “takeout” dishes at home to…
Ingredients: I’m using (about 2 handfuls of each): Brussels sprouts, ahalved String beans Mushrooms, sliced Red Onion, cut into pretty big pieces Cherry tomatoes A swoosh of oil (I prefer olive) A good scoop of garlic in whatever form you want Many dashes of curry powder (enough so there’s some on all of the vegetables)…
Ingredients: 1 medium onion 1 large spoonful of pre-minced garlic, or 2-3 cloves fresh 1 can chopped tomatoes 1 can beans of your choice (I’m using cannellini) 1-2 carrots A few (3) handfuls of mushrooms* About as much zucchini as carrots Bouillon** 3 handfuls rice* Leafy greens (I’m using kale) A lemon Spices: A bunch…
“The capacity of a barrel is always limited by its shortest stave… the content that the barrel can hold isn’t determined by the taller staves, but by its shortest,” said one of Barrel Theory’s founders, Brett Splinter. What he was explaining to me wasn’t about beer at all. Brett was describing Liebig’s Law of the…
I walked under a constructed frame that beams down a pink and blue glow and hesitated just inside the door. A worker cleaning tables welcomed me in and gestured towards the register. On its third day of business, All Square was already a bustling part of this small neighborhood off Lake Street at 4047 Minnehaha…
An Adventure into Mac ‘n’ Cheese #heymac The name itself, SpaghettiOs, foreshadowed a rather “O”minous experience. The Campbell brand Mac ‘n’ Cheese came in a can, containing a tomato liquid that basically tasted like watered-down ketchup, which (to our surprise) contained circle shaped pasta, which is better than the half-circle shaped pasta in other instant…
Approximately one year ago, I turned 21. This life occasion was particularly sweet because it meant that I could walk into a bar and order a beer – something that a select few 16-year-olds around the world do (THANKS FRANCE) and millions of others never do in their entire life. Whether or not you agree…
