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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: Hmong cuisine, 'the ultimate fusion food'

Appetites: Hmong cuisine, 'the ultimate fusion food'

Pakou Hang, co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association, shares five things you might not have known about Hmong food and farming in Minnesota.
by Steven John

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Appetites: A foodie's 40 best local eats

Appetites: A foodie's 40 best local eats

Rachel Hutton, editor of Minnesota Monthly magazine, has created a "culinary canon" of essential local eats.

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Appetites: Making homemade lunch meat easy

Appetites: Making homemade lunch meat easy

Amy Thielen, author of "The New Midwestern Table" and host of "Heartland Table" on the Food Network, makes the case for making your own lunch meat.

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Appetites: Global competition, local flavor

Appetites: Global competition, local flavor

Gavin Kaysen, executive chef and owner of the Spoon and Stable Restaurant in Minneapolis, shares firsthand insights about the world's most prestigious cooking competition, the Bocuse d'Or.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: 6 (firsthand) morsels about Cuban food

Appetites: 6 (firsthand) morsels about Cuban food

Beth Dooley, author of "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook," recently returned from a weeklong trip to Cuba. She shares a few observations and a recipe for black bean soup.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Crafting spirits in Minnesota

Appetites: Crafting spirits in Minnesota

The mantra "eat local" appears to be shifting toward beverages. Here's a look at the craft cocktail phenomenon.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Meet 10 heritage grains

Appetites: Meet 10 heritage grains

Beth Dooley, author of "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers' Market Cookbook," takes the mystery out of cooking with whole grains.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: 5 things on tap for the new Surly brewery

Appetites: 5 things on tap for the new Surly brewery

Surly gives new meaning to the phrase "destination brewery," says food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Twin Cities restaurants to watch in 2015

Appetites: Twin Cities restaurants to watch in 2015

Old restaurants become new again -- and a pair of siblings make meat out of plants: Here's what's coming to the Twin Cities food scene in 2015.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: The year in food

Appetites: The year in food

Every year, The Heavy Table composes its annual retrospective as a collection of what editor James Norton calls "flashbulb flavor memories."
by Steven John

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