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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: Smelt are a tasty small fry

Appetites: Smelt are a tasty small fry

For people caught between ice and open water fishing, and for Christians observing lent, the local smelt fry is easily the hottest address in town.
by MPR News Staff

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Appetites: Molecular gastronomy in the Twin Cities

Appetites: Molecular gastronomy in the Twin Cities

Molecular gastronomy has been bubbling through the world's most ambitious kitchens over the last twenty years. It's here in Minnesota in a big way.

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Appetites: Taprooms bubble up across Minn.

Appetites: Taprooms bubble up across Minn.

Minnesota is in the midst of a taproom boom. Including open and soon-to-open taprooms, there are about 25 in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and many more across the state.
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Mpls. artisan food makers share space, ideas

Mpls. artisan food makers share space, ideas

The studio brings several small food entrepreneurs under one roof in the hopes that it will not only help grow their businesses, but will allow them to share their wares and talents with the community.

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