Food and Drink

Lachelle Cunningham: Improvising on Black American roots in the kitchen
Twin Cities chef Lachelle Cunningham is known for drawing inspiration from Black American culinary traditions. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Cunningham about cooking with the fall harvest and training a new generation of food entrepreneurs through her Healthy Roots Initiative.
Bars as safe spaces for people of color in Minneapolis
Safe social space for people of color in America — and Minnesota — can still feel rare. Bars and restaurants are an important part of providing that space.
Yia Vang finds home for new restaurant Vinai
Chef Yia Vang will open a restaurant Spring of 2024 in the former home of Dangerous Man Brewing Company.
At the Minnesota State Fair this year, arts reporters Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi spoke with James Beard Award winning chef and Time 100 Influential Person Sean Sherman, known for the famous Minneapolis restaurant Owamni. Missed the interview at the State Fair? Listen to it here.
In her new cookbook, Amy Thielen argues hosting should be more party than performance
Minnesota author and chef Amy Thielen is out with her third book, which she refers to as her “so-called entertaining book.” In it, she encourages hosts to drop the Martha Stewart act and reframe entertaining as the “radically casual art of cooking for others.”