Twin Cities culinary duo started Aliment Pasta Co. after noodling a pandemic change The culinary veterans seized the moment and started a new venture: Aliment Pasta Co. February 19, 2021 11:37am Text size Copy shortlink:
The pandemic has altered the professional lives of nearly everyone working in the restaurant industry.
Take Alex Dayton and Matt Kappra. Between them, they probably have more than 20 years of experience in restaurant kitchens. Heck, they even met in a restaurant kitchen (Cocina del Barrio, in Edina) and after striking up a friendship, they became brothers-in-law; their wives Katelyn Dayton and Megan Sheridan are sisters.
Now they re business partners, and their spouses are contributing their management and marketing smarts. Dayton and Kappra are leasing space in a restaurant Kieran s Kitchen Northeast in Minneapolis but they re not following the traditional restaurant model. And that s by
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Before the pandemic, food science was the hot topic. Driven by popular TV shows and the endless quest for novelty, chefs were obsessed with bait and switch. Trying to gel a mango puree so that it looked like an egg yolk. Cut into it with a fork and it runs like a sunny side up. But put it in your mouth, and surprise! Mango.
5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week Food writers Rick Nelson and Sharyn Jackson highlight the favorites of their weekly dining experiences. January 15, 2021 10:12am Text size Copy shortlink:
All of my lofty January cooking intentions seem to have quickly evaporated into a single lazy question: What s in the freezer?
Which is why I m grateful to chef Aaron Uban for making last-minute dinner plans so convenient and delicious with this fantastic cousin to another favorite go-to of mine, the chicken pot pie.
Uban is a veteran of owner Kieran Folliard s first excursion into the restaurant business, Kieran s Irish Pub, and that kitchen featured a pork pie. Uban revived and updated that recipe, incorporating the premium products he has at his fingertips, thanks to his Food Building neighbors: Red Table Meat Co., Baker s Field Flour & Bread and Alemar Cheese Co.