Sharyn Jackson

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sharyn Jackson

'Kitchens of Hope' Book launch: Join the authors for a talk and book signing June 21 from 5-7 p.m. at Norway House, 913 E. Franklin Av., Mpls. Tickets are free but registration is requested, as space is limited; register at z.umn.edu/62125 Holodnik (Summer Beet Soup) 3 to 4 eggs, for garnish 1 ½ lb. red beets (3 large or 8 small) 1 quart plain, whole-milk kefir, or buttermilk 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sharyn Jackson

New Yorkers are proud that their water is the oft-cited reason for their big bagel superiority. And they might even be right. But the minerals in tap water aren't the only thing to account for great bagels that just beg to be slathered in cream cheese. Fluffy-chewy bagels like those found in bodegas and corner stores across the Northeast, so big that they can be hard to finish, take both skill and conviction to create. Which is why we so admire the Minnesotans who get it right.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sharyn Jackson |Joy Summers |Nicole Hvidsten |Nancy Ngo

Stay up-to-date on restaurant openings and closings and always have a sense of new restaurants in Minneapolis with this quick-hit list.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sharyn Jackson

By Sharyn Jackson Call it flammkuchen, tarte flambée or just Alsatian pizza, but this flatbread found in loads of pubs and street-food vendors in the area along the Rhine River where France and southern Germany meet is just plain delicious. It starts with a thin, almost flaky crust and gets topped with crème fraîche or sour cream, a melty cheese like Gruyère or mozzarella, little chunks of bacon or ham, and thinly sliced onions.

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sharyn Jackson

The Fainting Goat at Alpha & Omega Pizza Farm Pizza farms are a spring and summer rite of passage in the Upper Midwest. If you're not familiar, they're not farms that have some strange, never-before-seen pizza plants. Rather, they're farms that open their fields to us city folk to enjoy a piping hot wood-fired pizza with music, friends and animals in the most picturesque of surroundings.