[wine] FW: A note from Jason

Thanks to Angela and Jason for hosting a great party. C, J ----- Forwarded message from Jason Kallsen <jason(a)twincitieswine.com> ----- Reply-To: jason(a)twincitieswine.com From: Jason Kallsen <jason(a)twincitieswine.com> To: "'Jim L. Ellingson'" <jellings(a)me.umn.edu> Subject: Many thanks to the Thursday group Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:07:28 -0500 (Jim: please pass this on) Thanks to all who came to the party last Friday. It was wonderful to see everybody again, to taste great wine, and have great conversation. Many thanks and we'll do it again in the future! I'll be sending out a list of wines that were opened for the historians out there. The apple ice Canadian dessert wine was of particular interest. Turns out it was brought by Sara from the Wine Company (who showed up with and left with Kris Igo). She got it as a gift from one of the instructors at the culinary school at the Institute of Arts, a fellow who was from Canada. Here's some recent restaurant news: Brian Crouch, former chef at Marimar, is working under Steven Browne at Levain. As he told me "I'll be there for at least a year getting my ass kicked and learning more than I ever thought possible." Keep your eye on Brian in the future. A roasted beet salad I had at Pizza Biga (opposite side of Turtle Bread from Levain) was outstanding. Scott Pampuch is about 4 weeks away from re-opening the n.e. thyme caf? spot. He's running into kitchen code issues (with the new ownership not much got grandfathered in). It will be called Corner Table. I've talked to him about the Thursday group and he looks forward to cooking for you again. His sous chef is a guy named Keven Kalstren (I think that's the spelling) who trained in Bordeaux. Before ne thyme closed Annette Peters and I had possibly the best lobster based seafood bisque I've ever had, made by this guy. Annette immediately picked it out as French-trained. The new chef at The Modern is doing well ... Phillip Brecht. He seems to have a great touch with Italian inspired dishes. Does anybody know where Stewart Woodman's new restaurant is going to be? If you do, please let me know. Also, don't miss Dara's review of Red in this week's City Pages. Keep in touch, Jason Kallsen Jason(a)twincitieswine.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------ * * Dr. James Lee Ellingson, Adjunct Professor jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, tel: 651/645-0753 fax 651 XXX XXXX * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *