Posts By: Daniel Klein

Making Maple Syrup In Minnesota

Making Maple Syrup In Minnesota

Spring doesn’t seem like it would be maple syrup time (based on the pictures on Vermont syrup bottles), but so it is. At the cusp of freezing and melting snow is when the sap is running. And while the rest of the country is praying for warmth, the maple farmers are wishing for cold. The [...]

Star Prairie Trout Farm: Trout Chowder

Star Prairie Trout Farm: Trout Chowder

Farm raised fish is a sensitive issue. It’s an area that is seen as a great hope for feeding the world as well as having potential for poisoning it. And which farm to buy fish from is often a choice between “bad, ok and better,” perhaps there is a “best” as well, I just don’t [...]

Spear Fishing In Minnesota

Spear Fishing In Minnesota

The activities available to Minnesotans during the course of our long winters are minimal: snow shoeing, cross country skiing, staying warm and of course ice fishing.  This age old activity is often nothing more than an excuse to sit around and drink beer.  Often the fishing process is so mechanized that you really don’t have [...]

Farm To Market (video)

Farm To Market (video)

The Perennial Plate Episode 15: Farm to Market from Daniel Klein. Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of following the farm-to-market process with one of the “successful” upstart organic farms. Laura and Adam from Loon Organics let me film and work through their Friday-Saturday operation. I had been idealizing the idea of starting a [...]

A Winter Harvest Dinner At Gardens

A Winter Harvest Dinner At Gardens

As the ramps, chives, radishes and asparagus pop up, do you even remember winter? Two months ago, the snow in Minnesota was deep and I had the task of creating a meal for fifty people using only Minnesota ingredients. Cooking with obstructions can be one of the most inspiring ways of creating a menu. After [...]