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Food and Drink

Appetites: New dinner series highlights immigrant home chefs

Appetites: New dinner series highlights immigrant home chefs

A new “Immigrant Kitchen” dinner series immerses you in the food and stories of home chefs — especially women — who have come to Minnesota from all over the world.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Federal funding cuts leave Minnesota food shelves scrambling

Federal funding cuts leave Minnesota food shelves scrambling

PRISM food shelf in Golden Valley sees 20 to 30 families visiting for the first time every day. The organization coping with 30 to 40 percent less food from The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Alleged drunk driver charged in crash that killed Twin Cities restaurant founder

Alleged drunk driver charged in crash that killed Twin Cities restaurant founder

David Burley, co-owner of the Blue Plate restaurant group in the Twin Cities, was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in western Wisconsin. St. Croix County prosecutors on Monday charged Andre Lamont Mathews, 33, with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Matt Sepic

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Appetites: A Lenten fish recipe beyond the fish fry

Appetites: A Lenten fish recipe beyond the fish fry

There are fish fries a’plenty in Minnesota, but on this week’s “Appetites,” chef Amalia Moreno-Damgaard offered a healthier, more flavorful cod recipe to try.
by Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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Here are the Minnesotans named as James Beard Awards finalists

Here are the Minnesotans named as James Beard Awards finalists

Among the announced finalists are five Minnesotans or Minnesota institutions, including three Minnesota chefs in the Best Chef Midwest category: Shigeyuki Furukawa, Diane Moua and Karyn Tomlinson.
by Max Sparber

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U.S. sees large rise in border seizures of eggs, while fentanyl rate falls

U.S. sees large rise in border seizures of eggs, while fentanyl rate falls

President Trump cites risks from fentanyl to justify tariffs on Canada and Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says interceptions of eggs are way up, compared to 63 fentanyl cases last month.
by Bill Chappell

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This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn’t

This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn’t

While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
by Scott Horsley

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