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Food and Drink

Appetites: Pandemic coffee trends open door for new business venture

Appetites: Pandemic coffee trends open door for new business venture

As Americans adjusted to life at home during the pandemic, they also changed many of their daily habits — including how and where they drink their coffee. It was that transition that caught the eye of Yair and Sally Carvajalino, the owners of Norte Café, an online store that sells coffee from Yair’s home country of Colombia.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Fermented incentive? Minnesota rolls out free beer to cheer the vaccinated

Fermented incentive? Minnesota rolls out free beer to cheer the vaccinated

For every already-vaccinated Minnesota adult who was just a little hacked off Thursday when Gov. Tim Walz dangled perks in front of unvaccinated Minnesotans so they’d get their COVID-19 shots, your government and the craft brewing movement hear you.
by Brian Bakst

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For Mother's Day, roll up a French-style omelet as a way to say 'I love you'

For Mother's Day, roll up a French-style omelet as a way to say 'I love you'

Jack Bishop of America's Test Kitchen describes the French omelet as "a nice way of saying 'Mom, Happy Mother's Day. I love you." It's an elegant alternative to its folded diner-style counterpart.
by Noel King

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Amid uncertain year, Facebook group connects farmers directly to consumers

Last year, some of the largest slaughterhouses in the region temporarily closed after COVID-19 outbreaks. Those closures meant local farmers faced the prospect of having nowhere to send their livestock for processing, and no way to get their food to market. An East Bethel, Minn., woman decided to do something to help.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Cheap, legal and everywhere: How food companies get us 'hooked' on junk

Cheap, legal and everywhere: How food companies get us 'hooked' on junk

Reporter Michael Moss says processed foods can be as alluring in some ways as cocaine or cigarettes. His new book explains how companies keep us snacking by appealing to nostalgia and brain chemistry.
by Dave Davies

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Heinz promises to catch up to demand amid ketchup packet shortage

Heinz promises to catch up to demand amid ketchup packet shortage

The pandemic is causing another new, yet uniquely American, shortage — ketchup. Heinz says it will increase its production by 25 percent to meet the demand for packets of the popular condiment.
by Elena Burnett

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How Rodney Scott learned to cook – and went for it, whole hog

How Rodney Scott learned to cook – and went for it, whole hog

Pitmaster Rodney Scott describes his lifelong journey as a chef and his hope for the future. "I want to take over the world with barbecue," the James Beard Award winner tells NPR.
by Avery Keatley and Steve Inskeep

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