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November 2011

Features

Best of the Twin Cities 2011

Best of the Twin Cities 2011

After much tasting and testing, sipping and searching, we present the finest food, drink, services, spectacles, recreation, and retreats in the Twin Cities.

Columns

Last Word: Foreign Frontier

A trip into the territory of parenthood can seem exotic—till the seas turn Stormy, the skies darken, and the natives get restless

Culture: Home Delivery

A vacant farmhouse in central Minnesota has become the state’s newest birth center, and it's drawing a much different crowd than its Twin Cities counterpart.

Sue Z: Sue Z.'s Finds

Fall treats, apple house, and holiday menu ideas.

Departments

Best Bets: November 2011 Arts Calendar

An array of performances to welcome in the holiday season

Profile: Music Maven

Booker Kate Nordstrum is Minnesota’s pipeline to the hip scene in Brooklyn and beyond.

Travel: Chicago Calling

Chicago has always been a destination for top-notch shopping. Now the Windy City has equally swanky hotels to go with that posh new outfit.

Shops: Arts and Crafts

Paper Hat brings crafty-cool art and handmade goods to south Minneapolis

Quick Bite: Rare Steak & Sushi

The restaurant of the Grand Hotel Minneapolis has morphed into the more forthright Rare Steak and Sushi, and it’s better than ever.

Quick Bite: The Lowry

Waffles, beer—what’s not to like?

Muse: Style in Bloom

We take a hosta-loving homemaker and get her wardrobe growing

Editor's Note: Best Test

Annual “Best of the Twin Cities” edition

Expert: Hitting the Bullseye

Merchandising expert Julie Guggemos makes sure Target trends are right on the mark

Finds: Toast the Host

Honor the hard work of holiday hosts by bringing a generous thank-you gift

Omnivore: Worth the Drive

Bistro 11: A casual-feeling restaurant that also reaches for fine-dining touches.

Omnivore: Bachelor Party

Run by the youngest scions of the Dayton clan, the Bachelor Farmer opened with fanfare this fall

Q&A: Song of Ourselves

Philip Brunelle and Sigrid Johnson pick the best Minnesota songs.

Scene: And The Ivey Goes To

The seventh annual Ivey Awards honor Minnesota’s top actors and the best productions of this past year

Scene: From the Heart

The 2011 Children’s HeartLink Gala seeks to end heart disease, one child at a time