Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) back issues from May 2008:
advice; alexis on the sexes; Pollution control; How can she get it on naturally without nature taking its course?(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: ALEXIS McKINNIS Q: I am a sexually active grad student in search of a natural form of birth control. I am very health-conscious and do not care to ingest birth-control pills that alter the balance of my delicate female hormones. Spermicides and the sponge are out because ...
art; SATURDAY; Into the Traffic Zone.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Mary Abbe; Jahna Peloquin Into the Traffic Zone As the fair-weather season of art fairs and craft shows begins, 21 artists who share a studio building are welcoming visitors. The Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art is aptly named, as it overlooks ramps to ...
Proposal's goal: Eliminate barriers; Merging several offices could improve access for minority- and women-owned businesses in St. Paul, proponents say.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS HAVENS; STAFF WRITER After years of failing to hire more than a smattering of minority- and women-owned businesses for city work, St. Paul is considering a big change. City Attorney John Choi and community members have suggested the creation of a new ...
GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Julia Barger, 6, of Eagan had some time to kill so she did some exercises as she waited for kindergarten track practice to begin Wednesday at Eagan ...
Best Buy purchases leasing rights to string of 17 CompUSA stores.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jackie Crosby; Staff Writer Best Buy Co., plans to take over 17 CompUSA stores, mostly in Western states. The Richfield-based company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that it had reached a $13.5 million deal with ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL INSIDER; BCS officials quash hopes for a playoff; A proposal for a "plus-one" model had been circulating, but commissioners reaffirmed the current system until at least 2014.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHIP SCOGGINS College football fans clamoring for a playoff can stop holding their breath. It's not going to happen anytime soon. Bowl Championship Series (BCS) officials announced Wednesday that they will make no changes to the current format for determining ...
Up to 10 years in prison for millionaire tax dodger; Dismissing the former fugitive's ideological arguments, federal jurors convict the onetime Maple Grove CEO of evading taxes.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JON TEVLIN; STAFF WRITER A trial that at times seemed to exist in parallel universes, with accepted law in one dimension and Robert Beale in the other, came back firmly to earth Wednesday. Ignoring Beale's indignation, religious beliefs and obscure ...
St. Paul businessman denies ex-employee's charges of tax evasion.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN BROWNING; STAFF WRITER The Internal Revenue Service is investigating whether a St. Paul manufacturer of ice cream pies and frozen pastries concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal bills as business expenses. The criminal investigation was ...
the blog house; Have Obama's odds been Wright-sized?(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN; STAFF WRITER If you thought that once the Rev. Jeremiah Wright traded his pulpit for a podium he'd be less of a threat to Barack Obama's presidential aspirations, in the words of Wright, "you got another thing coming." In a series of interviews ...
SMALL BUSINESS; Manufacturer broadens lines to survive a triple trauma; Kurt Manufacturing faced outsourcing, recession and 9/11 disruptions to come through stronger, though smaller.(BUSINESS)(DICK YOUNGBLOOD)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: DICK YOUNGBLOOD; STAFF WRITER By the end of the 1990s, sales at Kurt Manufacturing Inc. had reached $180 million and its employment was up to 1,150 workers. Whereupon clients who accounted for nearly 60 percent of the company's sales took their business ...
MOTORING; Winter traction likely depends on proper tires.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAUL BRAND Q. My mom owns a 2006 Ford Fusion, which she bought new. It has been a great car except for one major problem: When the roads are icy, it does not handle well. She has not experienced the problem yet; she is almost 80 and just stays home when roads are icy. ...
AT THE LEGISLATURE: STATE BUDGET; Pawlenty puts Central Corridor back in the mix; But strings are attached. He's also calling for a limit on property taxes and has revived two pet projects: a nursing-care building for veterans and a new state park.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARK BRUNSWICK; STAFF WRITER The Central Corridor light-rail line, which has become a pawn in back-and-forth negotiations at the Capitol, is back in a budget proposal made by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday. Pawlenty called, meanwhile, for including two of his ...
Charges: Woman was offered ride from party, then gang raped.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: ABBY SIMONS; STAFF WRITER Three St. Paul men were charged this week with raping a 21-year-old woman after offering her a ride home Sunday. Yancarlos Avile, 25; Jose Guadalupe Perez-Rodriguez, 18, and Jose Portillo, 27, were charged with first- and third-degree ...
Marathon runner takes down a thief; A medical researcher collared a suspect after a quick foot chase through downtown St. Paul.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARY LYNN SMITH; STAFF WRITER The St. Paul coffee shop thief ran with the money, but Mark Laliberte ran faster. The 30-year-old medical researcher and marathon runner sprang into action after he noticed two men acting suspiciously around the unattended coffee ...
Preserving a soldier's memory; A Robbinsdale woman whose son survived two roadside bombings in Iraq only to die of cancer at home has teamed up with the operator of a fitness company to hold a race/walk to help buy gym gear for kids.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAUL LEVY; STAFF WRITER Michele Edstrom frets over the day that people no longer remember her son, Chip Edstrom. Pamela Baker, who never knew Chip, is making sure nobody will forget. Edstrom was the U.S. Army specialist from Robbinsdale who survived two ...
c.j. The dish; An unlikely pair of media critics: Montel and the KAREmudgeon.(NEWS)(c.j.: the dish)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHERYL JOHNSON; STAFF WRITER Montel Williams talked trash about fellow members of the media dictating what's news on the presidential campaign trail. The talk show host was in Minneapolis for a Wednesday appearance at the Sabathani Community Center, as the ...
The great barista battle is brewing; The National Barista Championship beginning Friday will showcase some highly sophisticated coffee preparation -- and for three local competitors, the experience is as rich and savory as a perfect demitasse of espresso.(SOURCE)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: KRISTIN TILLOTSON; STAFF WRITER Grind. Brew. Extract. Steam. Serve. Repeat. And repeat again, several hundred times, quickly and gracefully. Since early February, Adam Palmer has spent 30 hours a week in a Zen state, practicing for the Olympics of coffeemaking, the U.S ....
THE crawl; NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE SCENE AND WWW.VITA.MN.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jon Bream; Tom Horgen; Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writers; Jahna Peloquin Flipping for `Backwoods Barbie' Designer Kii Arens was face to face with his subject. After meticulous preparations at Dolly Parton's rustic Smoky Mountains home, the former ...
catch of the week.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008 ... BACH PHAM Age: 27. Sign: Cancer. Lives in: Uptown. Education: B.A. in English. Occupation: I work at an environmental lab and I'm also a DJ. ...
CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(CORRECTIONS)
May 01, 2008 ... CORRECTIONS A photo caption on Page 06H ...
Fewer can spare money to buy cars in flat economy; New or used, vehicle sales plummeted last year, and 2008 doesn't look much better.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: DEE DePASS; STAFF WRITER In yet another sign of the state's struggling economy, new car and truck sales in Minnesota plummeted 14.5 percent in 2007. That contrasts with a nationwide decline of slightly more than 2 percent and was significantly worse than dealers had ...
Gypsy postpunk; DeVotchKa's "Mad & Faithful Telling" is one of the best albums of the year.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAVID BRUSIE DeVotchKa, with its Eastern Europe-via-indie rock sound, is a group of unlikely populists. But the band is both timely and from a different era, surprising and familiar. It makes lively music for rainy days and imbues misery with hope and romanticism. It is ...
restaurants; FUN ON THE STRIP; J.D. Fratzke pushes the envelope with meat and more, and a big helping of fun.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: RICK NELSON; STAFF WRITER Let's face it: St. Paul's East Side isn't exactly blipping the foodiscenti's radar. But Strip Club co-owners Tim Niver and Aaron Johnson know a thing or two about flipping underdog locations into hot properties. Until they opened their Town Talk ...
restaurants; USER PICKS; ALL-'CAFE' EDITION.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008 ... Kafe 421 421 14th Av. SE., Mpls. - 612-623-4900 When I want to "treat myself" (or be treated by someone else), I go to Kafe 421. The staff is very friendly, and not in that TGIFriday's kind of way where they just want you to give them a bunch of tips so they ...
Franken's tax woes undercut campaign; If tax questions linger, real issues will get shunted aside.(NEWS)(Editorial)
May 01, 2008 ... Al Franken did Tuesday what campaign playbooks recommend when there's damaging news to be told. The U.S. Senate candidate himself broke the story that he owed at least 17 states some $70,000 in taxes, interest and penalties. He said he overpaid taxes by a similar amount in Minnesota and ...
other voices; FOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY; The harm in using `holocaust' to describe anything less.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... With all the major new information about the Holocaust that has become available over the past decades, it might have been expected that the distortion of that catastrophe would decrease. Instead, Holocaust manipulations have increased steadily over the last few years. The best known ...
Helping accident victim led to medical career; Dr. Richard Edwards was a skilled surgeon and caring physician who specialized in orthopedics in St. Paul.(NEWS)(Obituary)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: BEN COHEN; STAFF WRITER Dr. Richard Edwards, who once wanted to go into forestry but changed his mind after helping a woman in medical distress, started his career in general medicine, later moving to orthopedics. Edwards, a popular St. Paul physician, died of ...
Readers Write.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... FRANKEN'S TAX FLAP Watchdogs at work Gritty investigative work by state GOP chairman Ron Carey and Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign poring over Al Franken's public documents have publicized errors amounting to thousands of dollars. Would that Coleman's Senate ...
Eller's hearing on April clash with police officers postponed.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Rochelle Olson; Staff Writer A Hennepin County District Court hearing for Vikings legend Carl Eller was postponed Wednesday until May 19. Eller was to be in court for a hearing on charges related to his allegedly profanity-laced, drunken and violent ...
Just gettin' started.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Pop/R&B Singer Jordin Sparks, winner of the sixth season of "American Idol" last year, got the audience at Target Center revved up Wednesday night as one of two opening acts for ...
editor's pick.(SOURCE)(editor's pick)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN EWOLDT; STAFF WRITER Department 56 sale Just when I thought that the Department 56 blowout sale that benefited Minneapolis public schools had gone to Snowbaby heaven, the bargains have resurfaced thanks to a huge donation (four semi trucks full) from ...
ST. LOUIS PARK; EPA bores in on the source of mystery vapors contaminating groundwater; The investigation into the origin of the problem has led to more intensive testing in the area this week. There's no easy answer.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JENNA ROSS; STAFF WRITER A three-person team with a complicated bit of machinery on a pickup truck spent Wednesday drilling 40 Teflon-coated tubes 10 feet into the ground around a small area of St. Louis Park. Left overnight, the 2-inch tubes collected air ...
events; Sex and cupcakes; Top erotica author Rachel Kramer Bussel brings her sex lit to Minneapolis. With dessert.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: ALEXIS MCKINNIS If you've never picked up a copy of Penthouse Variations (Penthouse magazine's younger, much kinkier sister), perused articles in publications such as Playgirl, Bust, the Village Voice or the San Francisco Bay Guardian, or curled up with one of more than ...
Suburban sprawl: Is there another way? Most of Scott County's open land is slated for subdivisions, but a group with a different vision is gaining momentum.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAVID PETERSON; STAFF WRITER A grassroots effort to force a major last-minute change in Scott County's plan to cover most of its remaining open land with suburban subdivisions is gathering allies. Officials from the University of Minnesota and the U.S ....
movies; MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL; THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer; Christy DeSmith; Peter Schilling After two weeks and more than 120 movies, the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival wraps up with a "closing" film at Block E on Thursday, a "closing night" gala at Seven Sushi (9 p.m. Thu., $10, ...
Environmentalists sue as virus aims at Lake Superior's fish; The groups want the Coast Guard and a federal agency to enforce rules on ship's ballast waters.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAM LOUWAGIE; STAFF WRITER For several years, an ebola-like virus that is deadly to fish has been spreading in the Great Lakes. With the virus perched on Lake Superior's door, environmental groups are taking aim at federal agencies that they claim have the power to stop ...
FIXIT; Here's how gas tax breaks down.(SOURCE)(FIXIT)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: KAREN YOUSO; STAFF WRITER Q: Can you break down the taxes on gasoline? How much are we paying and where does it go? A: Right now, Minnesotans pay 18 cents a gallon federal motor fuel tax, and 22 cents a gallon state motor fuel tax, for a total of 40 cents a ...
`Red Balloon' flies; "Flight of the Red Balloon" does itself proud in honoring its predecessor.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRISTY DeSMITH Every now and again, a red balloon floats passively through the steel-blue Parisian skies. A little boy named Simon (Simon Iteanu) spots it one day flirting about the treetops near a Metro stop. Calling out to it, he begs the balloon to come home with ...
Wife: Incapacitated meant unavailable; Woman testifies in defense of cashing out husband's assets and selling their home while he was serving in Iraq.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAT PHEIFER; STAFF WRITER Dana Kieser never told anyone that her husband was physically disabled, mentally incompetent or otherwise incapacitated before using his power-of-attorney to cash out his retirement and college savings accounts. "Just that he was in ...
Tax guy mum; DFLers backing Franken; Although murmurs of unease emerged over the U.S. Senate challenger's repeated tax woes, most in the party expressed support.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: PATRICIA LOPEZ; KEVIN DUCHSCHERE; CONRAD WILSON; STAFF WRITERS New York, N.Y. -- The accountant isn't talking, but DFLers across Minnesota are. Allen Chanzis, the longtime accountant for U.S. Senate hopeful Al Franken, refused to comment Wednesday evening ...
music + clubs; friday 5.02.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Jon Bream; Staff Writers; Jahna Peloquin Kathleen Edwards 9 p.m. - Varsity Theater - 18-plus - $15 It's pretty much unanimous: Edwards' new one, "Asking for Flowers," is her best yet. That's saying a lot, considering the ...
Pawlenty's health care proposal has a ring familiar to McCain's; Some legislators believe the governor's idea of incentives for the uninsured to buy policies will help attract his signature.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: WARREN WOLFE; STAFF WRITER A day after presidential contender John McCain proposed driving down health-care costs through tax credits to help those without insurance buy policies, Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- believed high on the Republican's list of possible running mates -- ...
St. Paul's East Side getting spruced up in HGTV contest to `Change the World'.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Lora Pabst; Staff Writer Hundreds of volunteers descended on St. Paul's East Side this week to spruce up neighborhoods as part of the HGTV contest "Change the World. Start at Home." Three improvement projects were selected for the contest -- adding gardens ...
HGTV's `Change the World. Start at Home' comes to St. Paul.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Hundreds of volunteers gathered Wednesday to help plant trees and rain gardens at the Wilder Recreation Center and City Academy in St. Paul. The HGTV network is sponsoring the activities on St. Paul's East ...
LEAN TIMES; Minnesota pork producers are one part of the food chain not benefiting from higher prices. And rising feed costs are further hurting the industry.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: MATT McKINNEY; STAFF WRITER In this year of rising food prices and skyrocketing commodity costs, the profits raining on farms across the country have not fallen evenly. Just ask a pig farmer. Faced with runaway feed and energy costs, the pork industry has gone months ...
Minivan on I-35 had heavy load: 15 illegal immigrants; Lakeville police found that the 7-passenger Windstar had been modified to handle the weight of workers who were headed to Minneapolis for construction jobs.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JIM ADAMS; STAFF WRITER When Lakeville police stopped a minivan going 81 miles an hour at 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 35 last week, they found that it was packed with 15 illegal immigrants who had been traveling for a week, most likely from Arizona. The van was littered with ...
counter intelligence.(TASTE)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Rick Nelson; Staff Writer No soup for you, at least until June The famous "Soup Nazi" episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld" first aired almost 13 years ago, yet half of America can probably still correctly identify the source of the phrase "No soup for you." ...
MOVIE REVIEW; MAN IN THE IRON MASK; Robert Downey Jr. plays a superhero with swagger in "Iron Man," a blockbuster with brains.(SOURCE)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER The diabolical goatee gives it away. Tony Stark, the tycoon inside Iron Man's shiny shell, isn't a simplistic comic book hero fighting for lofty ideals. He's deeply flawed -- a drinker, a womanizer, a clotheshorse, a gambler driven by greed and ...
IRONY, MAN; "Iron Man" is a blockbuster with brains, and Robert Downey Jr. is a superhero with complexities.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER The diabolical goatee gives it away. Tony Stark, the tycoon inside Iron Man's shiny shell, isn't a simplistic comic book hero fighting for lofty ideals. He's deeply flawed -- a drinker, a womanizer, a clotheshorse, a gambler driven by greed and ...
AFTER DARK: ALICIA KEYS; Keys no `It' girl in an arena - unless she's at the piano; The R&B favorite couldn't quite carry off such a large venue; Jordin Sparks also lacked a bit of "It.".(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JON BREAM; STAFF WRITER The judges on "American Idol" talk about pitchy this and oversinging that. But what they're really looking for is that hard-to-define quality known as "It." Of course, Randy, Paula and Simon, like you and I, all know "It" when they see It. ...
Klobuchar will help negotiate toy safety legislation.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Kevin Diaz; Staff Writer Washington, D.C. -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been named to a House-Senate conference committee that is negotiating consumer product safety legislation, a position that will enable the Minnesota Democrat to push for toy safety provisions that she ...
Flash before her `Eyes'; Drama rooted in a Columbine-like massacre.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER Blossoms that bloom, morph, change and decay fill the opening credits of "The Life Before Her Eyes," a handsome and intriguing puzzle film. The cycle of birth, change and death is a constant undercurrent throughout the film, both in the visual ...
upd: LIQUOR SALES; Municipal liquor stores made $20 million in 2006.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Tim Harlow; Staff Writer THE LATEST: Minnesota cities that operate municipal liquor stores collectively had record sales for the 11th consecutive year and turned a net profit of $20 million in 2006, according to a report recently released by the state auditor's office. ...
U continues to have reservations about LRT going through campus.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: JIM FOTI; STAFF WRITER The Central Corridor got a boost at the State Capitol on Wednesday, but a mile away, planners of the light-rail line were using phrases like "lethal moment" and "into the abyss" to describe their continued wrangling. An 11-mile route ...
LYNX VS.CONNECTICUT; Quinn upbeat about upcoming season; The second-year player came into her own when forced to replace Lindsey Harding at point guard.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: ROMAN AUGUSTOVIZ; STAFF WRITER Second-year Lynx point guard Noelle Quinn has been sending text messages and e-mails recently to other players who were on the team last season. "I'm telling them to hurry and come back," Quinn said. "I'm very excited just ...
movies; MADE OF HONOR.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer MADE OF HONOR 2 out of four stars Does anyone ever demand a refund for a romantic comedy that looks awfully familiar? Let's hope not, or the folks behind "Made of Honor" -- essentially the same plot as 1997's "My Best ...
St. Paul student's body pulled from pond in New York; Friends old and new grieve for literature-loving Ithaca College freshman who graduated from St. Paul Central last year. He had gone to a party dressed as Shakespeare.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: ANTHONY LONETREE; STAFF WRITER The news that his longtime friend William Jacobson had disappeared after a theme party at his East Coast college was a terrible shock to Wil Anderson. But he wasn't surprised that Jacobson had been dressed as William Shakespeare ...
music + clubs; monday 5.05.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writer Ra Ra Riot 9 p.m. - 7th Street Entry - 18-plus - $10 Syracuse, N.Y., sextet Ra Ra Riot is another new indie-rock band that uses its two string players to great effect, blending dramatic violin and cello ...
movies; `GRADUATION'.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER `GRADUATION' 2 1/2 out of four stars Where: Lagoon. This nifty little high-school caper focuses on four school friends who plan a bank robbery on diploma day. The young characters are sort of ethical: They ...
GRANTS GO FROM ARTS BOARD TO ZEITGEIST.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARY ABBE; STAFF WRITER Minnesota arts organizations received 27 grants totaling more than $2.7 million as the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $77.4 million to groups across the country. ALLOCATIONS: About half of the state's funds went to Arts Midwest, based ...
First Americans should finally get apology long owed to them.(NEWS)(NICK COLEMAN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: NICK COLEMAN; STAFF WRITER American Indian Month kicks off today with a sunrise prayer ceremony at the University of Minnesota. But prayers are even better when they are backed by action. It is time to apologize to the first Americans. If Australia can do the ...
Blood on the dance floor; Lovers and fighters turn Maplewood's Myth into a monthly Fight Club.(VITA.MN)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: TOM HORGEN; STAFF WRITER People are always getting into fights in the clubs. But not like this. Once a month at Myth -- that giant nightclub in Maplewood -- the dance floor disappears to make way for a big chain-link octagonal ring. Friday night ...
St. Croix boaters told to keep speed down.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: Paul Walsh; Staff Writer Boaters on the St. Croix River are being instructed to back off the throttle as no-wake speeds take effect between Taylors Falls, Minn., and Prescott, Wis., the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday. "With spring ...
remembering.(NEWS)(Obituary)
May 01, 2008 ... Magnus, Geraldine G. "Gerrie" age 90, formerly of Edina. Born in St. Paul, MN and attended Mechanic Arts High School. Preceded in death by son, James C. Jr. and son-in-law, Lee Carlson. Survived by loving and devoted husband of 65 years, Jim; mother of Diana (Jack) Thompson, Judy (Harold) ...
one great dish; Baby spinach simply a star.(TASTE)
May 01, 2008; ... Byline: BETH DOOLEY Special to the Star Tribune Baby spinach is exquisite stuff. It's so different from the coarse winter spinach, with its deep-ribbed and crinkled leaves, that tastes best blanched or creamed, or sauteed. Young spring spinach is mild, tender and ...