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Food and Drink

Appetites: Book highlights history and local connection to manoomin

Appetites: Book highlights history and local connection to manoomin

Tashia Hart's new book, “The Good Berry Cookbook,” highlights the history of wild rice in the Great Lakes region and features recipes from other Native American chefs that highlight the grain, including Marissa Lee's recipe for wild rice stuffed squash.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Appetites: Union Hmong Kitchen moves into new space inside Graze

Appetites: Union Hmong Kitchen moves into new space inside Graze

If you've been paying any attention to the Twin Cities food scene over the last few years, you know Yia Vang, the creative mastermind behind Union Hmong Kitchen. Not only has he been preparing to open a new space inside Graze food hall, he also recently celebrated becoming a US citizen after coming to the U.S. when he was four years old.
by John Wanamaker and Lindsay Guentzel

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Appetites: Sara Farhat's recipe for date anise bars embraces traditional Lebanese flavors and ingredients

Appetites: Sara Farhat's recipe for date anise bars embraces traditional Lebanese flavors and ingredients

Lebanese-American cook and nutritionist Sara Farhat spent more than three years adapting her favorite family recipes from her childhood in Lebanon to create her first cookbook that she self-published and released last month.
by John Wanamaker and Lindsay Guentzel

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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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