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.

December 30, 2015 12:43 PM

Appetites: The local food trends of 2015, from thin burgers to skipped tips

Local booze, "thinny" burgers and the decline of tipping made Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl's list of the top local food trends of 2015.

by Krystyna Pease

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December 23, 2015 1:46 PM

Appetites: Spaetzle, dressed up or down, can make an easy meal

Homemade spaetzle may seem like a fancy holiday dish to some, but Amy Thielen says it's easy enough for a weeknight supper.

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December 16, 2015 3:03 PM

Appetites: Cookie baking tips from Lynne Rossetto Kasper

It's cookie baking season. While time-honored classics are great, Splendid Table host Lynne Rossetto Kasper has some tips to make your holiday treats even better.

by Krystyna Pease

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December 9, 2015 3:16 PM

Appetites: Is fine dining dead in Minnesota?

James Norton, editor of The Heavy Table, thinks fine dining isn't over in the state, despite two high-profile restaurant closings. Instead, it's evolving and letting its hair down.

by Tom Crann

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December 2, 2015 3:37 PM

Appetites: Preserving Iron Range recipes

B.J. Carpenter wrote the cookbook "Come, You Taste" to capture the recipes that immigrants brought with them to the Iron Range, including potica, pasties and porketta.

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November 25, 2015 3:30 PM

Appetites: Celebrating Thanksgiving with indigenous foods

"I would love for people to look at their Thanksgiving table without changing a thing and discuss where those foods came from," said Heid Erdrich, author of "Original Local."

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November 18, 2015 2:32 PM

Appetites: Celebrating local food in 'Winter's Kitchen'

In her new book, Beth Dooley shows us how to enjoy local food all year round, even in the depths of winter.

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November 11, 2015 1:54 PM

Appetites: Why you should bring back the boiled dinner

There's a world of tradition in the simmered supper: French pot-au-feu, Italian bollito misto, Portueguese Cozido.

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November 4, 2015 3:00 PM

Appetites: Chefs cook on stage with the Minnesota Orchestra

"A Musical Feast" will feature chefs from Butcher and the Boar, Vincent A Restaurant, Travail Kitchen and Patisserie 46 showing off their talents, accompanied by the orchestra.

by Krystyna Pease