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Food and Drink

Dining with Dara: Lake Superior herring

Dining with Dara: Lake Superior herring

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, the food writer for Minnesota Monthly, has been eating a lot of herring lately. She loves the fish we call lake herring, which is not "real" herring.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Dining with Dara -- Best eating in the Twin Cities

Dining with Dara -- Best eating in the Twin Cities

Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl joins MPR's Tom Crann this week to talk about some of the best eating in the Twin Cities, as chosen in the latest issue of Minnesota Monthly magazine.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Minn. foie gras producer challenges notion that process is cruel

Minn. foie gras producer challenges notion that process is cruel

There are only a handful of farms in the country that produce foie gras, and one is located in southeastern Minnesota. Fois gras -- or fattened duck liver -- is a delicacy. It's also the source of a long-running debate over whether the treatment of the ducks can be considered cruel.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Dining With Dara: Do you eat out too much?

Dining With Dara: Do you eat out too much?

There's something terribly wrong with you -- or with food trend journalism. Use this handy dandy quiz to find out which is the case.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Dining with Dara: Amazing Camembert made in Minnesota

Dining with Dara: Amazing Camembert made in Minnesota

It once was that if you wanted a rich, soft cheese, you had to get a Brie from France. Anything else paled in comparison. But that's no longer true. Cheesemakers in our region have been making some impressive efforts, according to food writer Dara Moskowtiz Grumdahl from Minnesota Monthly. She calls it "one of the most astonishing turns in Minnesota food culture."
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Dinner Party Download with guest Terry Allen

Dinner Party Download with guest Terry Allen

This week's Dinner Party Download welcomes its Guest of Honor Terry Allen -- country musician, painter and conceptual artist.
by Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam

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Talking food at the fair

Talking food at the fair

Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl joins Midmorning to talk about the Twin Cities food scene and share her thoughts on the new culinary offerings at the fair.

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Dining with Dara: Asian fusion, Minnesota style

Dining with Dara: Asian fusion, Minnesota style

Asian fusion cuisine has been a national trend for years, but it's had a harder time taking root here in Minnesota. A couple of big-name attempts at Asian fusion in the Twin Cities have flopped, but some homegrown fusion restaurants are having more success.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

The cost of the milk, butter fat and sugar that are key to making ice cream have spiked this year, but most ice cream makers haven't passed much of the cost along to customers. They don't feel like they can, saying customers will only pay so much in a down economy, even for high-end treats.

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