Food and Drink

June 8, 2016 1:03 PM

Appetites: Eating your way down the Green Line

James Norton's The Heavy Table is undertaking a project to review 75 independent restaurants and bars along the Green Line in St. Paul.

by MPR News Staff

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June 6, 2016 8:24 AM

Kill the culture of cool kale, food critic says

Mimi Sheraton first praised kale in the 1970s as restaurant critic for The New York Times. Her article might have helped make kale cool today. Now Sheraton says she hates the vegetable.

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June 1, 2016 4:01 PM

FDA guidelines target the sodium hiding in our diets

Most of the salt we consume is in our food before it hits the table. So the FDA is leaning on the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium in dozens of processed foods -- from bakery goods to soups.

by Allison Aubrey

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June 1, 2016 2:57 PM

Appetites: Magnus Nilsson's 'Nordic'

Renowned chef Magnus Nilsson is in Minnesota this week for the debut his exhibit at the American Swedish Institute called "Nordic: A Photographic Essay of Landscapes, Food and People."

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May 25, 2016 4:54 PM

Appetites: The case for goat meat

Author and chef Beth Dooley says goat is the most popular meat throughout the world, and it's the most sustainable.

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May 20, 2016 2:19 PM

Coming soon to a packaged food near you: the 'added sugar' label

The Food and Drug Administration has brushed aside industry objections and will require food labels to disclose how much sugar has been added to packaged food.

by Dan Charles

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May 16, 2016 12:57 PM

Breaking down the science of picky eating

What makes us dislike certain foods? And why is everyone so concerned about what you're eating, anyway? An anthropologist who has studied the topic helps answer our questions.

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May 11, 2016 11:00 AM

Appetites: A local revolutionary

Lenny Russo has been at the forefront of the local food movement for a generation. His new cookbook collects his thinking and recipes in one place.

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May 4, 2016 5:58 PM

Appetites: Talking Minnesota food with a James Beard winner

Chef Raghavan Iyer joined Appetites to about the evolution in Minnesota's food culture since moving here in the 1980s and his award-winning video series.

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May 2, 2016 7:20 PM

Bachelor Farmer chef wins James Beard award for best in Midwest

Paul Berglund of Minneapolis' Bachelor Farmer won the prestigious James Beard award for best chef in the Midwest on Monday night in New York City.

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