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Following twenty years of farmer's markets selling locally grown vegetables, native fruits, and local honey Linda created Marianne's Kitchen in Shoreview, MN, an oasis of good food, conversation and laughter in a suburban food desert. Operating from 2011-2017 the cafe offered home made soups, fresh bread baked daily, great sandwiches and treats and a complete line of gluten-free soups, pickled products, jams, jellies, salsas and locally sourced soups, honey and grains.

The Marianne's Kitchen of sharing, conversation, and learning continues with ongoing commentary, food reviews and food finds as we grow, cook and eat our food and sample local restaurants.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Mayday! Mayday!

Mayday!! Mayday!!

We love May Day.   We've noticed that there are a lot of places around the Twin Cities that turn out the best food with very little equipment and in miniscule spaces.   These folks really know how to cook/bake/create.

Birthday 'brunch' for me at May Day this week.   Before you pick your meal option, you ALWAYS start with a jalapeno cheddar scone if there is one available.   Pieces of jalapeno in a moist, bumpy-textured scone that is baked to perfection with a crunchy 'outside'.   These may be one of the more outstanding scones ever on the face of the Earth.

....and a nice, smoooooooth cold press to wash that down.

marianne's kitchen May Day ShoreivewOh, and we get meals, too?????

I went for the spinach and feta quiche with greens in a light vinaigrette.   Always get quiche at a


place where they know how to make a crust....this is the place.   A huge slice of quiche filled with spinach, great texture...crust like something Jim Felger would have made...sigh.

shoreview Marianne's Kitchen May DayJohn opted for the breakfast burrito...smothered in a flavorful sauce.   Brimming with fine-cut rectangles of assorted veggies, it's the right balance of a bite of filling with some tortilla all dipped in a bit of tomato-y sauce.    It's hard to stop reaching for the next bite.

We find that having a bite of scone in between bites of breakfast is heavenly perfection.

You can't leave without a bag of baked goodies 'for the road'.   The chocolate croissant was perfectly baked and encased wonderful rich chocolate.  The seven layer bar skipped the usual graham cracker crust for a pastry crust topped with pecans and chocolate and ... sorry, have to stop to take a bite.   The bar is thick and GIGANTIC.

...and you need one more jalapeno cheddar scone.....for later.

We have never been disappointed in anything we've ordered at May Day (May Day baked goods are also available at Matchbox in NE, a little bit shorter drive from Shoreview).

May Day is a neighborhood place, always bustling with activity.....because the quality is consistent...consistently outstanding.  Like at the former Marianne's Kitchen, the clientele were talking and having conversations and laughing.

The jaunt from here to Powderhorn takes a little while.....but always worth the drive.  Outstanding.


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