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Lifestyle

Workshops to improve bicycling in Minn. to launch

Workshops to improve bicycling in Minn. to launch

State transportation officials will launch a series of workshops later this month to gather public input on how to improve bicycling in Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Photos: Fat bikers look for a winter trail

Photos: Fat bikers look for a winter trail

The attraction snowmobile trails hold for fat bikers is starting to cause problems between them and snowmobilers.

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As fat bikes gain popularity, trail conflict follows

As fat bikes gain popularity, trail conflict follows

During the winter, when there is deep snow, there are few trails for fat bikers to ride. Snowmobile "grants-in-aid trails," which snowmobilers pay to maintain, are illegal for fat bikes, but tempting to their riders.
by Dan Kraker

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Appetites: Molecular gastronomy in the Twin Cities

Appetites: Molecular gastronomy in the Twin Cities

Molecular gastronomy has been bubbling through the world's most ambitious kitchens over the last twenty years. It's here in Minnesota in a big way.

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Book excerpt: 'The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball'

Book excerpt: 'The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball'

The beginning of the baseball season is a special time for writer Steve Rushin. A lifelong baseball fan, Rushin grew up in Bloomington near the old Metropolitan Stadium and he's been a writer for Sports Illustrated for the last 25 years. His new book is a fun take on the game's history, which begins with some personal stories.
by Jim Bickal

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Late ice out likely to dampen fishing season

Late ice out likely to dampen fishing season

The fishing opener is a little more than a month away and -- perhaps you've heard -- winter doesn't seem to want to let go of its warm embrace.
by Bob Collins

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Why Americans are so 'busy' and love talking about it

Why Americans are so 'busy' and love talking about it

What if our busy schedules are merely a construct? Brigid Schulte says we've created a lot of our hectic schedule on our own.

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No-kill caviar aims to keep the treat and save the sturgeon

No-kill caviar aims to keep the treat and save the sturgeon

Caviar was once the food of kings and czars -- and for a sturgeon, it meant death. But a new technique of massaging the ripe eggs from a female sturgeon -- without killing or even cutting the fish open-- could make caviar more abundant, more affordable, and more accessible to all.
by Alastair Bland

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Finding the perfect cup of coffee can be a grind(er)

Finding the perfect cup of coffee can be a grind(er)

In the tiny town of Troy, Idaho, Barb and Doug Garrott have spent the past three years perfecting a machine that could change the morning routines of coffee drinkers all over the country: a $175 hand-cranked coffee grinder. It's called the Lido 2, the first run of 500 has already sold out on preorder, and coffee aficionados are asking for more.
by Sam Dean

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