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Food and Drink

Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

The cost of the milk, butter fat and sugar that are key to making ice cream have spiked this year, but most ice cream makers haven't passed much of the cost along to customers. They don't feel like they can, saying customers will only pay so much in a down economy, even for high-end treats.

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Tasting upper Midwest pies with the Heavy Table

Tasting upper Midwest pies with the Heavy Table

Jim Norton and friends at the Heavy Table blog actually took on the task of tasting some 14 pies this weekend from pie bakeries from around the region, and he joined All Things Considered to talk about the results.
by Tom Crann

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Bright Ideas: Chef Isaac Becker

Bright Ideas: Chef Isaac Becker

Stephen Smith welcomes Isaac Becker, co-owner and chef of two popular Minneapolis restaurants -- 112 Eatery and Bar LaGrassa. Becker won this year's James Beard award for best chef in the Midwest.
by Stephen Smith

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Talking about Minnesota food with James Norton

Talking about Minnesota food with James Norton

As a new feature on All Things Considered, we're going to look at the food and trends of Minnesota — and not just the Twin Cities — with someone food writer and blogger James Norton.
by Tom Crann

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Dining With Dara: Ramen, And Not The Styrofoam Kind

Each Wednesday, Minnesota Monthly Senior Editor Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl talks to The Current's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about what's new and noteworthy on the Minnesota food scene.
by Steve Seel

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What's your favorite restaurant dish?

What's your favorite restaurant dish?

Restaurant critic Rick Nelson has put out a list of some of the classic dishes from Twin Cities eateries. Midmorning invites you to share some of your favorites.

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus

FDA proposes calorie counts on menus

The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus, both in restaurants and drive-through lanes.

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