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Appetites®

Every week, we bring you local and regional food and drink news, trends, reviews, flavors, recipes and advice. Appetites airs every Wednesday on MPR News' All Things Considered.

Appetites: Dried bean bonanza

Appetites: Dried bean bonanza

Chef and author Beth Dooley shares her insights into the delights of dried beans and cranberries. She has a few recipes and a guide to bean types to share, too.

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Appetites: Cheeses from Capra Nera Creamery

Appetites: Cheeses from Capra Nera Creamery

Growler Magazine's food editor James Norton shares the story of Katie Bonow of Capra Nera Creamery in Altura, Minnesota, and the growing cheesemaker community in the state.
by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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Appetites: Pumpkin spice is not always nice

Appetites: Pumpkin spice is not always nice

Love it or hate it, pumpkin spice season is here. Snack enthusiast Ben Passer joins the show to talk pumpkin-flavor products.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Is raising your own chickens worth the work?

Appetites: Is raising your own chickens worth the work?

Chef and cookbook author Amy Thielen shares her experience raising multiple egg-laying chickens.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Restaurant scene booms in the Twin Ports

Appetites: Restaurant scene booms in the Twin Ports

The new food editor at The Growler magazine recently went on a tour of some of the many new restaurants popping up in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, Wis. He called the area "out of control."
by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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Appetites: All Square serves up grilled cheese with a cause

Appetites: All Square serves up grilled cheese with a cause

A new Minneapolis restaurant will help give a chance to former convicts who have done their time.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: The rye grain comeback

Appetites: The rye grain comeback

Many kinds of crops are grown in Minnesota -- corn and soybeans, of course, also wheat, sugar beets, flax and oats, to name a few of the most popular. Rye is one crop that we hardly grow at all anymore, but it's starting to mount a comeback because it makes some fine young whiskey.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Tomatoes and garlic to look for at the farmers market

Appetites: Tomatoes and garlic to look for at the farmers market

Appetites regular, and author of "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook," Beth Dooley joined Tom Crann to discuss her favorite things to pick up at your local farmers market.
by Tom Crann

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