Lifestyle

Follow-up: The 'triumph' of new-age medicine
In response to feedback from Monday's program on new-age medicine, we take another look at whether alternative medicine ready to claim a place in the mainstream.
Tasting upper Midwest pies with the Heavy Table
Jim Norton and friends at the Heavy Table blog actually took on the task of tasting some 14 pies this weekend from pie bakeries from around the region, and he joined All Things Considered to talk about the results.
Bright Ideas: Chef Isaac Becker
Stephen Smith welcomes Isaac Becker, co-owner and chef of two popular Minneapolis restaurants -- 112 Eatery and Bar LaGrassa. Becker won this year's James Beard award for best chef in the Midwest.
Wadena marks one-year anniversary of tornado
It has been exactly a year since a tornado blew through Wadena, Minnesota, injuring more than 30 people and causing widespread destruction in the community of about 4,000. That tornado hit as Wadena high school alumni gathered for an all-school reunion, which turned into a cleanup. This weekend, the community will gather again, this time to celebrate the year that's passed since the big storm.
MPR News photos of the week
This week we revisited the continuing repair of Metrodome, looked at community gardens and checked in on the effort to save the golden-winged warbler.