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Food and Drink

Appetites: A guide to Minn. food for out-of-towners

Appetites: A guide to Minn. food for out-of-towners

MPR News' Tom Crann talked with editor James Norton about food and drink reviews featured in The Heavy Table, an online food magazine.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: Rediscovering hard cider

Appetites: Rediscovering hard cider

Artisans are rediscovering the craft of hard cider brewing with unique beverages popping up everywhere apples are grown.
by MPR News Staff

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Appetites: Local beer boom drives hunger for hops

Appetites: Local beer boom drives hunger for hops

Minnesota is home to a local beer boom, but the local hop scene has some catching up to do: There are only 20 or so acres of hops under cultivation in the entire state.
by Tom Crann

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Science crowns mozzarella the king of pizza cheese

Any way you slice it, Americans are obsessed with pizza. The average American consumes pizza about 39 times a year, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm.
by Maanvi Singh

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Video: Foraging for wild mushrooms, finding something more

Video: Foraging for wild mushrooms, finding something more

Mike Kempenich forages for wild mushrooms all around Minnesota, which he then sells to chefs in the Twin Cities. In the process of finding mushrooms and teaching others to find them, he found something of his own.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Unlocking France's secrets to safer raw milk cheese

Unlocking France's secrets to safer raw milk cheese

In France raw milk cheese is a very big deal, long considered safe and revered for its flavor. French scientists seem to have figured out the Holy Grail of raw milk cheese: how to make it safer.
by April Fulton

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Soylent DIYers sell their own versions of powdered food

Soylent DIYers sell their own versions of powdered food

When Rob Rhinehart first created Soylent -- a powdered, synthetic food product made of industrial nutrients and oils -- he was a San Francisco techie trying to sustain himself cheaply without the inconveniences of grocery shopping, cooking or even eating.
by Alexander McCall

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Roma cuisine: Europe's soul food

Roma cuisine: Europe's soul food

A development group in Slovenia has just opened the first large-scale Roma restaurant in Europe. Romani Kafenava in Maribor, Slovenia, began serving up traditional Balkan Romani dishes like stews and grilled meats in April.
by Meghan Collins Sullivan

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