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Appetites®

Every week, we bring you local and regional food and drink news, trends, reviews, flavors, recipes and advice. Appetites airs every Wednesday on MPR News' All Things Considered with host Tom Crann.

Appetites: Amy Thielen’s secrets to a great fish fry

As the summer winds down, many people are going fishing one last time, hoping to catch enough for one more fish fry. Chef Amy Thielen shared her secrets to crispy pan-fried fish with host Tom Crann — and slipped him a recipe for cracker-crusted panfish to boot.
by Tom Crann, Lindsay Guentzel and Alex Cheng

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Jabà Noodles use unique business model to build during pandemic

Jabà Noodles use unique business model to build during pandemic

The team behind Jabà Noodles has relied heavily on social media to market and sell the Taiwanese Cool noodle bowls they make to-order every week in the commercial kitchen space they rent in Minneapolis.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Appetites: Duluth's OMC Smokehouse teaches barbecue at home in new cookbook

Appetites: Duluth's OMC Smokehouse teaches barbecue at home in new cookbook

The cookbook takes OMC Smokehouse’s most popular menu items — everything from ribs to sauces to sides — and teaches readers how to tackle the recipes at home.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Appetites: Duluth entrepreneur Ashley Kidd launches cheesecake company

Ashley Kidd’s doctor told her to stay busy and keep moving during her fifth pregnancy. The Duluth resident took that advice very seriously and decided to start her own business, inspired by her own pregnancy cravings.
by Tom Crann

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Appetites: What does restaurant life look like following the pandemic?

Appetites: What does restaurant life look like following the pandemic?

For the last year, we have had endless conversations about what changes restaurants and service industry establishment had to change to keep up with COVID-19 restrictions. Now that those guidelines are easing up, what might we see stick around?
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Appetites: Pandemic coffee trends open door for new business venture

Appetites: Pandemic coffee trends open door for new business venture

As Americans adjusted to life at home during the pandemic, they also changed many of their daily habits — including how and where they drink their coffee. It was that transition that caught the eye of Yair and Sally Carvajalino, the owners of Norte Café, an online store that sells coffee from Yair’s home country of Colombia.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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