Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hand a can of tuna to three Twin Cities chefs and what happens? We'll give you a hint: It's not tuna hot dish.
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There is at least one good side to the Vikings not making Sunday's big game: no purple foods at Super Bowl parties.
Tidbits
Mr. Tidbit doesn't recall whether there has ever been a serious spinoff of Wheaties. (He doesn't count 1994's tiny basketball-like Wheaties Dunk-A-Balls.) But there is one now: Wheaties Fuel.
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Counter intelligence
Coming next week to downtown Minneapolis: a permanent location for Cocoa & Fig (www.cocoaandfig.com).
Florida citrus growers lost more than 4 percent of their orange crop and more than 3 percent of their grapefruit crop during last month's freezing weather, according to estimates released Tuesday.
As studies continue to discover new health benefits of tea, the ancient beverage has enjoyed a surge in the past 10 years. Some American converts are even (gasp!) replacing their coffeepots with teapots.
Consider this when preparing a Super Bowl snack: Most of the guys on the field weigh more than 200 pounds, some tip the scales at more than 350 and almost nobody in pads is on a diet.
A tipster sent us to the new Mainstreet Bakery outlet in Edina. It's a winner.
A Burnsville branch of the Golden Arches gets a slick makeover that begs the question: This is McDonald's?
We came across a group of wallabies in an open field as we hiked the Six Foot Track in the Blue Mountains. Jesse Pearson, 12/3/09, Australia.
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