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December 2010

Features

The Ultimate Minnesota Gift Guide

The Ultimate Minnesota Gift Guide

Featuring 85 locally available gifts that will dazzle, delight, and entertain

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

Ten riddles that have baffled Minnesota for years, decades, and even centuries. Can you solve the puzzle of the missing moose?

Federal Agent

Federal Agent

How B. Todd Jones became the man to put the U.S. attorney’s house back in order

Columns

Last Word: Holiday Happenings

A visual guide to the season’s best entertainment

Departments

Best Bets: December 2010 Arts Calendar

9 Hot Picks, Curtain Call, and Book Bag

Travel: Water World

A visit to the Kohler Waters Spa in eastern Wisconsin may be just the thing to ward off winter’s chill, improve your golf game, or learn to cook like a pro.

Shops: Primp & Proper

Cheap chic hits paydirt at this Selby Avenue shop

Quick Bite: Currying Favor

Great biryani, naan, and more make Hopkins an Indian dining draw

Quick Bite: Room with a View

In Duluth, JJ Astor is tops

Quick Bite: Rice Paper

The healthiest restaurant in the Twin Cities—bigger!

Muse: One Dress—Two Ways

This handmade dress is the perfect canvas for negotiating multiple holiday parties. Accessories make the lady.

Crime: The Suicide Watcher

Authorities allege that a Faribault man posing as a nurse urged two young people to take their own lives. But was it a crime?

Retail News: December 2010 Style File

Holiday cosmetics and the birth of Baby Banou

Editor's Note: Unlimited Reach

I’m not just reaching out, leaving the rest to fate.

Finds: Totally Riveted

Handbags that get down to brass tacks

Insider: Kidding Around

Stage star Wendy Lehr returns to her first love: child’s play

Insider: What the Dickens?

Joe Dowling explains the Guthrie’s witty new A Christmas Carol

Music: Gifted and Talented

Jennifer Knoch will be your elf.

Omnivore: Szechuan Spice

Lately when Minnesotans want Chinese, we mean hot-like-fire Szechuan food. Welcome another great one!

Omnivore: 12 Delicious Days

Forget partridges and pear trees. Satisfy foodie friends and ravenous relatives with something from our handpicked list of edible gifts and stocking stuffers made by local artisans.

Wine: For Head and Heart

Pinot Noir is adored as the universal food pairing because it has attributes of both a red and a white wine.

Scene: Gone Fishin'

Minnesota Zoo Hooks a Crowd with a Sustainable-Fish Fest