Food and Drink

May 30, 2017 9:17 AM

An illustrated guide to master the elements of cooking -- without recipes

In her new cookbook, "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat," Samin Nosrat says the key to good food is learning to balance those elements when cooking -- and to trust your instincts.

by Maria Godoy and Rachel Martin

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May 24, 2017 3:39 PM

Appetites: What happens when you give a girl a knife?

That question is answered in food writer Amy Thielen's new book.

by MPR News Staff

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May 17, 2017 7:18 PM

Appetites: Is craft beer the new wine?

Breweries are pushing into new markets with more complex, ambitious beers.

by MPR News Staff

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May 4, 2017 5:22 PM

Film and food: Sharing the stories of immigrants with conservative America

The husband-and-wife duo behind the Perennial Plate, a weekly web-based program showcasing sustainable food and farming practices, believe in the power of a meal combined with storytelling to bring people together.

by Sarah Henry

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May 3, 2017 6:24 AM

In dairy-obsessed Wisconsin, plan just too 'gouda' to fail

The Wisconsin Legislature has agreed to make cheese the official dairy product of the state, which produces more than 3 billion pounds of cheese per year. That's more than any other U.S. state.

by The Associated Press

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April 20, 2017 12:06 PM

Appetites: The Chicago burger that's shaking up Twin Cities dining

A simple cheeseburger from Au Cheval restaurant is pushing the local burger scene back to its basics.

by MPR News Staff

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April 16, 2017 10:19 AM

Artist sets futuristic dinner party in world reshaped by rising seas

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."

by Rhitu Chatterjee

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April 12, 2017 5:08 PM

Appetites: How you can avoid bad restaurant experiences

There are some tell-tale signs of a poor restaurant experience that diners can learn to sniff out before having to sit down to a wholesale bad time.

by Tom Crann and Krystyna Pease

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April 11, 2017 4:19 PM

Maximum hops yield maximum results: making beer with Sunn O)))

Scott Walker and Sunn O)))'s collaborative record Soused, a dark and wild leap into the metallic abyss, has inspired a collaborative beer by the same name. What does that beer taste like?

by Lars Gotrich

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April 10, 2017 7:59 AM

Wake up and smell the matzo: A Passover breakfast tradition

A dish of soaked and scrambled matzo might not sound terribly exciting. But for many Jews, matzo brei is a Passover treat they look forward to all year.

by Deena Prichep

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