Weekend in Minneapolis

We spent 7/18-7/20 in Minneapolis visiting our friends Balint and Daniel. On Saturday Dhruba and Rita had a Das Caramelini demo at Whole Foods Minneapolis and St. Paul. Good folks in Twin Cities love our caramels: Dhruba and Rita had a good time telling everyone about our caramels and sampling our delicious flavors. Also, we visited St. Paul's farmers market: we loved the fact that only the local vendors (i.e. those who grow or produce their products within 150 mi radius of St. Paul) are allowed to sell their produce there. We also enjoyed a free performance of a cajun band and people dancing spontaneously :)

After picking up fresh produce, Balint cooked a perfect summer meal while Katie managed Das Foods emails in the afternoon.

Our menu was as follows:

1. Roasted fingerling potatoes with peppers and young garlic

2..Sandwiches with mustard glazed chicken and swiss cheese

3. Fresh radish and bulb onion salad

4. Baby carrots (the real baby carrots not the ones sold in the store 365 days a year- the fake baby carrots) sauteed in extra virgin olive oil and fresh parsley

5. Moroccan ice mint tea (brewed with mint leaves from the garden)

6. Fresh fruit (inclung my favorite- hard to find red currants!)

7. Reisling-Gewurstaminer blend from Germany- chilled to perfection!

At night we went to see "Dark Knight" -I would say the only emotion I had coming out was the sense that this movie could have been concluded in 1 1/2 hr vs. 2 1/2 hr which was absolutely over the top which was partially compensated by enthusiastic audience was that participating in movie viewing experience.