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Food and Drink

Dining with Dara: The best Thanksgiving to-go pies in Minn.

Dining with Dara: The best Thanksgiving to-go pies in Minn.

Are you making your own pie this year for Thanksgiving dinner, or getting yours from a bakery? Minnesota Monthly food critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl has compiled her list of the best pies to go in Minnesota, from Cold Spring to Duluth to Rochester, and from plain old apple to Surly beer-chocolate-pecan.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Dining with Dara: Best new Twin Cities restaurants

Dining with Dara: Best new Twin Cities restaurants

This has been a good year for restaurants in the Twin Cities. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl from Minnesota Monthly says that 2011 was surprisingly delicious. She writes about the Best New Restaurants for the current issue of the magazine, and joins MPR's Tom Crann to talk about her picks.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Minn. foie gras producer challenges notion that process is cruel

Minn. foie gras producer challenges notion that process is cruel

There are only a handful of farms in the country that produce foie gras, and one is located in southeastern Minnesota. Fois gras -- or fattened duck liver -- is a delicacy. It's also the source of a long-running debate over whether the treatment of the ducks can be considered cruel.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Dining with Dara: Amazing Camembert made in Minnesota

Dining with Dara: Amazing Camembert made in Minnesota

It once was that if you wanted a rich, soft cheese, you had to get a Brie from France. Anything else paled in comparison. But that's no longer true. Cheesemakers in our region have been making some impressive efforts, according to food writer Dara Moskowtiz Grumdahl from Minnesota Monthly. She calls it "one of the most astonishing turns in Minnesota food culture."
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Talking food at the fair

Talking food at the fair

Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl joins Midmorning to talk about the Twin Cities food scene and share her thoughts on the new culinary offerings at the fair.

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