Food and Drink

As inflation soars, access to Indigenous foods declines
Traditional Indigenous foods — like wild rice, bison, fresh vegetables and fruit in the Midwest — are often inaccessible for Native families with low incomes in urban areas, and the recent inflation spike has propelled these foods even further out of reach.
Appetites: Beth Dooley's light meals for hot days
Stock up on fresh vegetables and cook up grains and beans to have on hand for quick, satisfying salads, like Beth Dooley’s “Chickpea and Farro Salad.”
'Like medicine from God': Wisconsin cherry orchard offers taste of home for immigrant families
On a single day each year, dozens of people from the Twin Cities and Western Wisconsin flock to Maple Leaf Orchard to get their fill of sour cherries. It's one of the only places you can find tart cherries in the region — and for that reason, it's been a draw for many immigrant families that use them in their cooking.
Cool dishes for hot weather 
Who wants to sweat over a hot stove in summer? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two food writers about delicious ideas for salads and other inexpensive dishes to try when food prices and temperatures keep going up and up. 
Sundae sammies, pickle pizza: New Minnesota State Fair foods are here
The Minnesota State Fair unveiled its new foods Tuesday, the annual preview of the dizzying array of new eating and drinking options at the 12-day gathering and eat-a-thon. 
A distillery is fighting invasive crabs by turning them into whiskey
Invasive green crabs are destroying marine ecosystems in the United States. A New Hampshire distillery is making crab-flavored whiskey to take them on.
Twin Cities chef Justin Sutherland seriously hurt in boating accident
Friends and family of chef Justin Sutherland are raising money to cover medical costs after the Twin Cities restauranteur and TV personality was seriously injured in a boating accident.