Stephanie Fox

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About me

Stephanie Fox has a Master's Degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and has written for a number of local print and on-line publications including The Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics, American Jewish World, milwaukeedoglovers.com and TC Dog Magazine. She lives in South Minneapolis with her husband David, a Tai Chi instructor and  Maybull the bulldog.

Double Dragon Foods: Good eats, touchy staff

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

At Double Dragon Foods, at the corner of Maryland and Rice in St. Paul, I encountered something I’ve never previously experienced in any ethnic grocery store: hostility.

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Occupy Homes MN fights dual tracking, organizes to help homeowners in Central and Powderhorn

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

Protesters against foreclosure in Minneapolis's Central and Powderhorn neighborhoods pose for a photo and the Stand Up For Gayle potluck and organizing meeting last Saturday. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

The cacophony of voices coming from the chilly cafeteria in South Minneapolis’s Green Central Park School last Saturday, were the nearly two dozen people, all on cell phones and all calling Mark Czarnecki, the president of M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York. They were leaving messages, asking him to renegotiate the mortgage of Gayle Lindsey so she can stay in her home.

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Ziach’s Polish Foods bring Poles back to the old neighborhood in Minneapolis

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

It’s a family operation, where son Tomek and his father Zbyszek, keep close. (All photos by Stephanie Fox)

It has been a generation since Northeast Minneapolis was a Polish enclave, but that didn’t stop the Ziach family from opening up an exclusively Polish grocery smack in the middle of what is now the

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Gayle Lindsey: Last ditch fight against foreclosure with a little help from friends

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

Lindsey says she's not leaving her family home. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

Gayle Lindsey bought the little house in South Minneapolis in June of 2001 for $129,000. She was planning to live there for the rest of her life. “It’s a family home,” she said.

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GLOBAL GROCERIES | Last chance (maybe) for Sullivan's Asian, African, Southern SuperValu in South Minneapolis

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Customers line up to pick the best buffalo fish. One large fish, baked or fried, can feed six to eight people. (All photos by Stephanie Fox)

Will it stay or will it go?

Those who want to shop at one of the best (and most unusual) meat departments in the Cities better hurry. Sullivan’s SuperValu on Lake Street, the supermarket (next to the K-Mart that blocks Nicollet Ave.) is changing hands, and no one is sure what will happen to the meat department.

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GLOBAL GROCERIES | Mexican and Lebanese foods sell well at Joseph's tiny St. Paul grocery

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Mural on side of Joseph's Mexican and Lebanese Market (All photos by Stephanie Fox)

Joseph’s Mexican and Lebanese Market blends the flavors of St. Paul’s Westside neighborhood. Once an enclave for middle class Lebanese families, and now near the center of the Mexican-American community, the neighborhood is a mix of old timers and new immigrants, often poor. Instead of moving as the neighborhood changed, Gene and Irene Joseph, the market’s owners for 36 years, simply adapted.

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In a Minnesota winter, thoughts turn to love – of pickled herring

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Ingebretsen’s Steve Dahl knows his herring. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

For most people, the Christmas season brings thoughts of pickled herring.

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Healthcare experts offer ideas on how to make Obamacare work in Minnesota

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

Health care experts discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act: Johathan Watson, Dir. of Public Policy, MN Assoc of Community Health Programs; Lucinda Jesson,Commissioner, MN Department of Human Services;  Donna Zimmerman, VP, Government and Community Relations at HealthPartners; Stella Whitney-West, CEO, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center

CORRECTED 12/11/2012: Minnesota may have a head start when it comes to putting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(AC

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GLOBAL GROCERIES | Kosher groceries are now a lot harder to get in Minnesota

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Sara Cooper, owner of Cooper's Foods at the kosher section of her market. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

The rumors circulating among grocery store owners and observant Jews that Twin Cities Poultry had gone out of business turned out to be true. As the only kosher food distributor in the upper Midwest, their closing has left grocery stores like Cooper’s SuperValu Foods in St. Paul scrambling to find ways to fill the shelves for their customers who keep kosher.

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Filipino foods featured at Phil-Oriental Foods in St. Paul

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Some things are a bit exotic, but hurry, the pork blood is on special. (All photos by Stephanie Fox)

The parking lot at Phil-Oriental Foods is usually full and the store always seems packed with people from around the world. Customers are here, buying groceries from India, Malaysia, Indo-China, the Caribbean and West Africa. But, the focus at this grocery store is Filipino foods, a cuisine that’s a mystery to many Minnesotans, even the food-curious.

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