Play5min 16secAppetites: The perfect homemade pieJuly 27, 2016 4:03 PMBy MPR News StaffAmy Thielen says it's time to get get back to basics with pie-making.
Play3min 03secBeer bottles will soon include a reality check: A calorie countJuly 22, 2016 6:36 AMBy Allison Aubrey Some of the biggest brewing companies have agreed to list the number of calories, alcohol content and nutrition information on beer bottles and cans.
Play5min 10secAppetites: Duluth as a food destinationJune 29, 2016 4:17 PMBy MPR News StaffMinnesota Monthly editor Rachel Hutton says Duluth's food and beverage scene has really taken off in recent years.
Nothing says 'hip' like ancient wheatJune 27, 2016 2:59 PMBy Natalie Jacewicz Many consumers in North America and Europe are willing to pay a premium for nutritious, organic grains. That makes the market ripe for a revival of millennia-old bread wheat, some plant breeders say.
Play5min 49secAppetites: What's 'authentic' anyway?June 22, 2016 5:24 PMBy MPR News StaffThomas Kim, owner of The Rabbit Hole, spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about how he differentiates between authentic and traditional food.
Silicon Valley's bloody plant burger smells, tastes and sizzles like meatJune 21, 2016 12:55 PMBy Lindsey Hoshaw Impossible Foods took a high-tech approach to creating a meat-free burger that replicates the real thing. It's all designed to tempt carnivores to eat less meat. And it's set to hit restaurants soon.
Play4min 54secAppetites: The real taste of the Twin CitiesJune 15, 2016 11:57 AMBy MPR News StaffWhat represents the real taste of the Twin Cities? That's the question Minneapolis Saint Paul Magazine's Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl set out to answer for her recent piece for the website Serious Eats.
A map of where your food originated may surprise youJune 14, 2016 8:29 AMBy Jeremy Cherfas A new study reveals the full extent of globalization in our food supply. More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin national diets originally came from somewhere else -- often far away.
Play5min 33secAppetites: Eating your way down the Green LineJune 8, 2016 1:03 PMBy MPR News StaffJames Norton's The Heavy Table is undertaking a project to review 75 independent restaurants and bars along the Green Line in St. Paul.
Play4min 10secKill the culture of cool kale, food critic saysJune 6, 2016 8:24 AMMimi Sheraton first praised kale in the 1970s as restaurant critic for The New York Times. Her article might have helped make kale cool today. Now Sheraton says she hates the vegetable.