Breaking food news from Dara

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl came into the control room gripping the James Beard Foundation semi-finalists.

Best chef in the Midwest includes a bunch of MSP guys:

Mike Brown and James Winberg, Travail Kitchen and Amusements, Robbinsdale, MN

Steven Brown, Tilia, Minneapolis

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Doug Flicker, Piccolo, Minneapolis

Russell Klein, Meritage, St. Paul, MN

Lenny Russo, Heartland Restaurant & Farm Direct Market, St. Paul, MN

Stewart Woodman, Heidi's, Minneapolis

Also Dara mentioned she is reading Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief. Andrew is reading Full Black by Brad Thor.

-Stephanie Curtis