Food and Drink

Appetites: Predicting the Minnesota State Fair hits and misses
The Minnesota State Fair is upon us, and all of that food can be daunting. So we called on Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl to get us prepped for what to eat — and also what to avoid.
Minnesota State Fair's new butter carver prepares to create 'dairy' good art
As the rest of Minnesota prepares for warm summer days at the State Fair, Gerry Kulzer is preparing his parka, gloves, and carving tools. He’ll be spending the fair in a 40-degree cooler, carving a new larger-than-life sculpture every day — in butter.
The history of Minnesota's state muffin
Minnesota is known for many things — its over 10,000 lakes, the birth place of Prince, Minnesota nice and frozen tundra — but what about muffins? Doug Mack wrote about the history of state foods, including Minnesota's state muffin.
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.”