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Food and Drink

When we love our food so much that it goes extinct

When we love our food so much that it goes extinct

A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction have left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety.
by Luisa Torres

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Minnesota's booze business is aging well

Minnesota's booze business is aging well

Minnesota has always had grapes and grain. Now distilleries and wineries are putting those crops to use in interesting ways. Angela Davis led a conversation about the state’s growing wine and spirits industries.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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Gluten-free options are increasing at the State Fair — but be cautious

Gluten-free options are increasing at the State Fair — but be cautious

For people who have celiac disease or other forms of gluten intolerance, "food on a stick" usually means food battered with flour — which is off-limits. But increasingly, Minnesota State Fair vendors are offering gluten-free options.
by Tim Nelson

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Cideries, breweries tap into Duluth’s expanding music scene

Cideries, breweries tap into Duluth’s expanding music scene

In the past six years, there has been a boom of breweries and cideries opening up in the city. Seven new taprooms have sprung up in that time, and as the numbers have grown, so has the local music scene.
by Simone Cazares

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Appetites: Bringing the heat of wood fire cooking

Appetites: Bringing the heat of wood fire cooking

Irons in the Fire describes themselves as a “wood fire scratch kitchen.” The Minneapolis-based catering company creates custom meals throughout Minnesota, and now into Wisconsin and Iowa.
by Steven John and Kyle Shiely

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Study: Sugar ruins teeth, rules the world

Study: Sugar ruins teeth, rules the world

The authors of a new study say dental health is especially bad in low- and middle-income countries — and that Big Sugar works to make sure soda and candy aren't targeted as cavity culprits.
by Nadia Whitehead

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