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Food and Drink

She barely made it out of Kabul. Now she's welcoming Afghans with a familiar meal.

She barely made it out of Kabul. Now she's welcoming Afghans with a familiar meal.

A restaurant in Washington, D.C., is offering donated welcome meals of traditional food to newly arriving Afghans. The chef cooking those meals knows what it's like to leave home and family behind.
by Joel Rose

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Appetites: Tradition and community make bouja a Midwest staple

Appetites: Tradition and community make bouja a Midwest staple

The community bouja party at the Avon Hills Folk School outside Avon, Minn., happens every October on the second Saturday of the month. It gives visitors to the folk school the perfect opportunity to soak in the fall foliage while enjoying a perfect fall meal — a hot bowl of bouja soup.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Thousands of pounds of DiGiorno frozen pizza have been recalled over allergy concerns

Thousands of pounds of DiGiorno frozen pizza have been recalled over allergy concerns

The Crispy Pan Crust pepperoni pizza product carton may actually contain frozen three-meat pizza, which is made with textured soy protein, an allergen that may not be reflected on the label.
by Rachel Treisman

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If you love potatoes, tomatoes or chocolate thank Indigenous Latin American cultures

If you love potatoes, tomatoes or chocolate thank Indigenous Latin American cultures

These delicious treats were cultivated and enjoyed by native people for hundreds if not thousands of years. But with the arrival of the Spanish in Latin America, they were shared around the globe.
by Vanessa Romo

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Appetites: The connection between Iran and tea

Appetites: The connection between Iran and tea

On this week’s Appetites, MPR News host Tom Crann was joined by Ghazaleh Dadres, a board member with the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective, who shared how the art of drinking tea has played a role in her life as an Iranian.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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