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Food and Drink

The best comfort food for an uncomfortable year

The best comfort food for an uncomfortable year

Gathering with friends and family this year has been limited to time outdoors or in online meetings, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t finding creative ways to bond over food. One chef tells us about the dishes that keep her connected to the community in a time of isolation.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

The three-sided, nearly 7-foot-tall gingerbread tower, held together by icing and decorated with a few gumdrops, delighted the city on Friday when word spread about its existence.
by The Associated Press

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Practical advice we turned to to get us through the pandemic in 2020

Practical advice we turned to to get us through the pandemic in 2020

Navigating life in 2020 hasn’t been easy, and as we prepare to welcome the new year, the pandemic will continue to force us to adapt and find solutions to the disruption.
by Angela Davis

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Appetites: Share the richness of holiday breads

Appetites: Share the richness of holiday breads

Has this been the year you refined your baking skills? If the pandemic has meant you've been perfecting your bread making, cookbook author Beth Dooley is back with us with some ideas for holiday breads.
by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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Author explores the taste of Minnesota in new book

Author explores the taste of Minnesota in new book

What defines traditional Minnesota cooking? Author Patrice M. Johnson says it’s informed by the seasons, and shaped by Scandinavian heritage. But that’s far from the whole picture. Her new book is called “Land of 10,000 Plates: Stories and recipes from Minnesota.”
by Tom Crann

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Shaking up your quarantine cooking habits

Shaking up your quarantine cooking habits

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with New York Times food columnist and cookbook author Melissa Clark for ideas to spice up our quarantine cooking as the days get colder and darker.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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A garden is the frontline in the fight against racial inequality and disease

A garden is the frontline in the fight against racial inequality and disease

North Minneapolis's mostly minority community lost its only grocery store this summer. It's a neighborhood grappling with heart disease, obesity and COVID-19. A garden may help.
by Yuki Noguchi

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Chef David Chang on depression, being a dad and the burden of 'authenticity'

Chef David Chang on depression, being a dad and the burden of 'authenticity'

The Momofuku chef says COVID-19 has introduced "seismic" changes to his industry. "We're doing anything and everything to to stay afloat," he says. Chang's new memoir is “Eat a Peach.”
by Terry Gross

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