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food + cooking

Silence of No Lambs

This is the kind of story Midwesterners won't tell you unless you drive across the snow-covered fields to talk to them.
12.20.07
food + cooking

I’ll Show You a Candy Apple

In Minnesota, we have heard the call of the future, and it is sweeter than you can fathom.
10.05.07
chefs + restaurants

Iowa is Proud of Iowa

When people think of food in Des Moines, they think corn, corn, and more corn—but actually, there's some very creative regional cooking going on in America's corn basket.
08.01.07
food + cooking

Campfire Companions

One way to prevent mockery and heartbreak in the woods would be to make sure your ambitious campfire cooking is foolproof from the get-go.
07.03.07
food politics

Reap What You Sow

Rumors about a mythical pizza farm have lately circulated among Twin Cities food-types like tales of the Easter Bunny circulate among pre-schoolers.
06.27.07
food + cooking

To Dye For

My parents were frugal Midwesterners. While we lived in Minneapolis, we ate margarine—in spite of the fact that Minnesota was a dairy state.
05.18.07
food politics

Martyr of Unholy Corn Dogs

Various corners of the food world, the parent world, and the public-health world have all been abuzz with the bad news about school lunches.
05.16.07
food + cooking

The Original Prairie Home Companion

I just finished a fascinating little regional cookbook: A Prairie Kitchen: Recipes, Poems, and Colorful Stories from the Prairie Farmer Magazine, 1841-1900.
05.09.07
wine + spirits + beer

Aeppeltreow Pommeaux

I owe my best wine find of 2007 to my 15-month-old baby. The discovery? Pommeaux, a stunning apple dessert wine made by AEppelTreow Winery.
04.25.07
magazine

Popcornography

Sweet, salty, cheesy, crunchy, fluffy—can any other treat deliver so many addictive sensations in a single sinful handful?
December 2005
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