Menu: Bitter Greens Salad with Calamansi Vinaigrette and Toasted Hazelnuts; Quick Lamb Ragoût; Fresh Linguini;
Red Wine Poached Pears with Crème Anglaise.
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Date Night. A night out with your best friend, your significant other, a fellow foodie or a group of friends who want to celebrate and explore new food experiences. Our hands-on Date Night classes are led by a trained chef who will create an experience that’s fun and engaging, and where everyone learns a few tips and tricks to take home. All participants are divided into small groups to prepare a dish. The evening comes to an end with a celebration feast of all the fruits of combined labor. Delicious!
Chef: Lorelei McInerny
Class Type: Participation
Location: Minneapolis
Date + Time: Friday, March 26, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Link for tickets: $90.00 (per student) One glass of wine or beer is provided per student, so 21 and up only, please.
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We’re committed to the health and safety of our students and team. We request that all attendees wear a mask and arrive a few minutes early to complete a temperature check and fill out a COVID-19 pre-screening questionnaire. Check out what to expect when joining us for a class….
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Our Story: COOKS OF CROCUS HILL
In 1973, Martha Kaemmer and her sister Mary Rice thought that the time was ripe for a culinary awakening. Cooks was born in a 1,500-square-foot storefront at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lexington Parkway, in St. Paul. There were four employees and approximately 250 different items for sale. Mary left a year later to pursue a new culinary journey in Bayfield, WI. Martha carried the company forward for more than 30 years.
We’ve moved twice. Added 4 more locations – closed two. We had 15 shops inside Marshall Fields (Dayton’s) – we gave them up when Macy’s took over. We’ve grown – we’ve contracted. Like all small businesses we’ve been on an interesting adventure.
Currently, we have three locations all with state-of-the-art cooking schools. Our experiences are second to none, we have a growing presence on the web and we are constantly working to improve our offering.
We employ 65 people and our schools rely on the services of another 50. Our inventory has grown to include more than 6,000 innovative culinary items. We offer a huge assortment of instruction and educational opportunities and we’re always trying to help people with their culinary journey. Though she remained an active member of our Board, Martha retired in December of 2007. She passed away in 2018, and we miss her warm and embracing spirit every single day. We remain committed to her desire for Cooks’ to be a welcoming place for sharing discoveries about food.
So, that’s where we are today, 5 kids, a big standard poodle, a large extended “family” and one well used kitchen. Sharing discoveries at every turn. We don’t just say that “Life happens in the Kitchen” – we live it.
– Karl and Marie
A new collection to join the restock of Moglea hand painted stationary. “I love the decadence of these.” Ready for you to add to the pages. Online now!
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Shop in Grand Marais, MN. Seeking beauty-human connection to balance the world. Product. Scenery. Love. Life in these parts.
BringMeTheNews: A Duluth woman has become only the second person — and the first woman — on record to finish a winter thru-hike of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin.
Emily Ford, 28, and her borrowed canine companion Diggins spent 69 days hiking the roughly 1,200-mile trail from the Eastern Terminus in Sturgeon Bay in Michigan to the Western Terminus in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, completing the journey on Saturday, March 6.
Emily Ford and her canine hiking pal, Diggins, arrived at the Western Terminus of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail on Saturday, March 6 around noon. Her completion marks the second-ever recorded winter thru-hike of the Ice Age Trail and the first winter thru-hike by a woman!
She and Diggins braved cold temperatures and snow-laden trails for 69 days, hiking approximately 1,200 miles from the Eastern Terminus in Sturgeon Bay to the Western Terminus in St. Croix Falls. They were greeted at the Western Terminus by a crowd of supporters who’ve avidly followed her journey.
“Nobody should feel that the outdoors isn’t for them,” shared Emily Ford upon finishing her hike. “There is a place for you outside; there is a place for you on the trail.”
Thank you for bringing us along on your Ice Age Trail adventure, @emilyontrail!
Ford, carrying a 60-pound pack, and Diggins spent the majority of their time outdoors — sometimes in temperatures colder than 30 below zero — hiking and camping along the trail. The Duluth News Tribune said they averaged 16.5 miles walking per day (including a few rest days).
The Duluth-based gardener (she’s the gardener at Duluth’s Glensheen Mansion) is an avid hiker whose goal was to show others, especially Black women, that the outdoors is for everyone. And when she got to the Western Terminus, Ford told a crowd gathered to congratulate her that “anyone can play outdoors.”
Ford told the publication that after George Floyd was killed, she decided to use her upcoming trek along the Ice Age Trail as a way to contribute to the equality movement, dedicating it to “all of us who don’t quite feel safe on the trails,” from people of color to those who feel like outsiders in outdoor sports.
Ford amassed thousands of fans online during her journey and met dozens of people who sought her out on the trail to chat. Others referred to as “trail angels” left “trail magic” for her and Diggins, such as snacks, notes of encouragement and offers of places to warm up and sleep.
When she finished her trek, she posted on Instagram saying she’s happy to be home and thankful for everyone.
She did have to give Diggins back to her owner, saying “It was one of the toughest things I had to do the whole trip. But I know that she is destined to pull sleds, not be a house dog (maybe she will be after she retires).”
But Ford’s story isn’t over yet. She’s the subject of a film by Credo Nonfiction called Breaking Trail — filmmakers filmed her on much of her adventure.
Final update for the night! (Gotta nap before I hike ya know!)
Super stoked to have the remainder of this trip be captured by @credononfiction !
There is so much to capture with this trail and I am excited to have it be brought to you via short film 🎥
Stay tuned for more info!
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“She set a handful of significant firsts, was reunited with the people most important to her, and met countless strangers she had become important to — as they were drawn to her uncommon perseverance, which took on symbolic significance through the dark winter of COVID-19,” Credo Nonfiction said in a Facebook post. “The story of what happened out there, the people she touched, the challenges she overcame — will be the building blocks of our new film now in post-production … We cannot wait for everyone to experience this story.”
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail traces the edge of the glacier that covered Wisconsin during the Ice Age 15,000 years ago, when mammoths, sabertooth cats and cave lions roamed the earth, the National Park Service says.
The nearly 1,200-mile trail stretches from Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin to the west, ending at Interstate State Park in St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the Minnesota border, according to the Ice Age Trail Alliance. The trail was established in 1980, and highlights what that giant glacier left behind (lakes, river valleys, rolling hills and ridges). It’s one of 11 national scenic trails and its entirety is in the state of Wisconsin.
While dozens of people have thru-hiked the Ice Age Trail (hiked the whole thing in one go), only one person — until Ford — is on record as having completed a thru-hike of the trail in the winter.
Mike Summers of Oregon was the first person to complete a winter thru-hike of the Ice Age Trail. He did it back in 2017, when it took him 58 hiking days and five zero days (rest days), the Journal Sentinel said.
Chic Report: Life’s plastic, it’s fantastic! Just ask Ken: can you believe he has reached his sixth decade?! We hope he drops his skincare routine ASAP because this sexagenarian is looking great. The Daily caught up with him to hear the eight must-have fashion essentials on his birthday list right now.
Berluti Pouch
I worked with the Berluti team to create this pouch in honor of my 60th. Sleek and timeless, it’s a must have for storing your essentials.
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Rhone Swift Tank in White
I saw Tan France wearing one of these tanks on his Instagram recently, and what can I say—I was sold! It has become a fast favorite.
Moschino Pool Slides in Rubber with Logo
I’ve been a big fan of Moschino throughout the years, and these slides are the perfect slip-ons.
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir
A major menswear inspiration and recent collaborator! Read up on one of the greats with Dapper Dan’s memoir.
The Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association welcomes your family in safely celebrating St. Patrick’s Day 2021 by holding a “reverse” parade! The 53rd Annual Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Saturday, March 20th, 2021, 1:00pm-3:00pm.
Line-up for the parade will be held at the Murzyn Hall parking lot in Columbia Heights, MN and the parade route will be on Jefferson Street. Attendees will be the parade by decorating their cars while the Irish Royalty, Irish dancers, and bag pipers stand and wave at drive-by cars. If you would like to participate in the car decorating contest, make sure to mark this on the entry form. If you would like to attend, link here: “Parade Entry Form”, Note: This is a rotational event, meaning you will register for a time slot and attend during this time. Questions about the format of this parade? Email us at themspda@gmail.com
Click on the link here to the MSPDA event for this week’s silent auction!
Items will be posted on the event page in the Discussion section!
You can participate in the auction by commenting the amount you would like to wager on the basket you’re interested in!
Good luck with your bids!
Winners will be announced 7pm on Fridays!
2021 BUTTON
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This year, we thought we would dedicate our button design to reflect on a missed year of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the community, so the design has stayed mainly the same with an exception the orange 1 replacing the 0 in 2020. Although this year is feeling much the same as last, we hope we can find a creative and safe way to continue supporting the American Diabetes Association through fundraising.
The Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association, or MSPDA, was founded in 1969 by Sean and Judith Clerkin. With their active participation in the community and desire to celebrate Minnesota’s Irish-American heritage, the Clerkins decided to begin a tradition of supporting the diabetic community by donating to the American Diabetes Association, raising money through St. Patrick’s Day parade events and contests.
Besides donating 100% of proceedings to the American Diabetes Association, MSPDA raises money for Camp Needlepoint, a summer camp for children living with diabetes. Members of the MSPDA community, from Ms. Blarney to friends of the association, sell buttons and paper shamrocks to raise funds for the children at camp.
